My husband's Epsom inkjet printer clogged up (not used all that often). Trying to clear it using the cleaning facility on the printer didn't work and used up lots of ink. The shop that sells us recycled cartridges suggested we use Isoproprynol to clean the nozzles.
On 18 October 2010 08:23, Mr J Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using a company called IJT (Inkjets and Toners) who supply OEM > and recycled cartridges/toners for a number of years. I bought 4 recylced > toners and was given an OKI B2400 mono laser printer for free. We've had it > now for about 3 years and it's used or students' research/essay proofing and > has had much use - with no problems at all. The toners, last time I bought > some, were about £30 each. > > They've always got some sort of 'buy toners, get a free printer' offer > going. Might be worth taking a look. www.makingitgreen.co.uk > > Hope you get sorted. > John > > > John Hodges > Art Department > St Bede's School, Upper Dicker, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3QH > 01323 843252 > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben > Rubinstein [[email protected]] > Sent: 17 October 2010 22:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [sussex_mug] Basic laser printer > > I've finally had enough of the hassle I go through with my inkjet on those > infrequent - but just frequent enough to be annoying - occasions that I > want > to print. The problems are two-fold: firstly because inkjets are never > good > for infrequent use, as the printheads dry up/clog. Secondly because in a > moment of madness I bought a Lexmark wireless printer a couple of years > ago, > which is a terrible piece of trash, with very poor Mac drivers, that falls > off > the wifi network repeatedly. > > So I've determined to buy a small laser printer instead, and forego colour > in > exchange for getting something that can reliably be switched on and print > after indefinite periods off; and relocate it to somewhere that it can be > wired into the router. > > Unfortunately, it turns out that there are lots of choices of small cheap > mono > laser printers these days; even when you narrow it down to those with > Ethernet. Brother, Samsung, Dell, Kyocera, Canon and perhaps others all > offer > something in the < £150 range. Some even have WiFi as well. > > Does anyone have experience with any of these? Bad experiences as useful > as > good - eg printers that don't play nice with Mac? Also if anyone has > experience with one of these that actually worked properly on WiFi, that > would > be good, as it would give me more choices about where to put it. > > All advice gratefully received. > > Ben > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of St Bedes School Trust > > Reasonable precautions (virus scanning) have been undertaken to ensure no > viruses are present in this email; St Bedes School Trust cannot accept > responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email > attachment(s) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
