Yianni said:
That's the second subject, I have had many people admiring somthing, and
some months later to discover they did wrong. If you ask "which printer is
good" you will get many different opinions. Be more sceptic, give general
advice. By the way, I have had an Epson 740 for about a year, none nozzle
was
clogged. And a Epson 1160 (almost same printhead and design) I printed every
two months some pages, and I put it back in the box. None clog.
I suspect that your 740 clogged from either bad refilling or bad ink, most
possible from bad ink.
How would you know my printer, you weren't even here. No, this was
simply a bad printer model by design. My sister and I had the same
printer and it would clog with any kind of ink you used - yes,
even Epson's own ink. Don't use it for a week and you had to run
several cleaning cycles. My sister didn't use hers for a month and
it had to be thrown out. I ran so many cleaning cycles that I got
fed up. Clean the colour 5 or 6 times and I would also empty the black
ink tank! Completely stupid design. On the other hand, I've never
had to even once clean the print head on my Lexmark and my Canon.
And my sister has told me she has never been forced to clean the
print head on her HP 930 - all of which use refill ink from Atlantic
Inkjet.
I have already indicated I don't see any difference between
genuine ink and inks from Atlantic Inkjet in side-by-side photo
comparisons. I find the exact same color, brightness and contrast.
Text too has the same sharp, laser crispness. If there is a difference
it is negligible. But for the huge price difference, I'd be stupid to
use genuine ink. And because we haven't had to run any cleaning cycles,
it only proves the ink is perfectly compatible. I only mentioned the
Epson problem because I'm being honest. It *WAS* a pile of crap. Yes, it
worked pretty good for about a year, just an occasional cleaning
required. But by the time it was 3 years old, I was using more ink for
cleaning than for printing! Some people in this newsgroup suspect
this model, and others by Epson, have a malfunctioning or badly
designed system to cover the print heads between printings. In other
words, the print head would be exposed to air and would dry out.
For this reason, and the fact they all use stupid electronic chips
on their cartridges, I moved away from Epson to a Canon i850.
Earlier this week I turned on my Lexmark Z55 for the first time in two
months and it printed the page perfectly. No print head cleaning was
necessary. What does that prove? That proves the printer
has a good sealing mechanism for the print head AND the refill ink
is perfect.
When I bought my Canon i850 I was lured by an eBay offer of really
cheaply priced BCI-3e cartridges. I soon found that the ink was
absolute shit, a runny mess. You could spot the difference from 2
feet away, no magnifying glass necessary! I Immediately ordered
250 ml bottles of bulk ink from Atlantic Inkjet. Next time I'll
probably order a litre for each colour. The savings are enormous.
(I split the order with my sister, she also bought the i850)
-Taliesyn
