[TriLUG] Printer Woes

[Dave Sorenson]

Epson printers have the nozzles built into the carriage so what I have
found is that once they plug the printer is toast. I was able to prolong
the death of one of mine by a month or two by getting a refill kit that
included cleaning solution. Fill an old cart with cleaner and bang away
with the cleaning process. You might get lucky, but usually it'll clog
again quickly. YMMV.

I switched to an HP printer after going through 3 Epsons in a year. At
least w/ HP you replace the print nozzles when you replace the ink cart.


Dave S.

> Grrrr.
>
> I think my printer just died, and just a few days after I fed it new ink
> cartridges.  I've an epson Stylus C82 which I've had a for a couple
> years now.  Tonite, printouts are suddenly not there.  It acts likes
> it's printing, but no, or VERY little, ink is deposited.
>
> I've run it's head cleaning regimen several times but no improvement.
>
> Is it time to chuck it and buy a new printer?  Can the heads be
> repaired/rejuvenated?
>
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