PRINTING PROBLEM

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 09/28/2011 01:42 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> Also, though inkjets may be very economical up front, over the life of the printer the ink is considerably more expensive, especially since most people can go weeks without printing anything, and then discover their carts are no good anymore. Nowadays personal color laserwriters would be better for almost anyone, as toner does not harden and destroy cartridges because of lack of use.

If you are going on holiday or something:

Take your cartridges out of the printer, wrap them in squares of damp 
towelling, then inside
a plastic bag, then in the fridge.

I may be bonkers, but it has saved me a lot of aggro with printer ink.

>
> My 2¢
> Bob
>
>
> On Sep 27, 2011, at 3:09 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
>
>> If the ink is of a certain age, it hardens and becomes useless.  Some carts
>> will actually have sensors to tell you if the ink is outdated.
>>
>> On 27 September 2011 14:51, Joe Lewis Wilkins<pepetoo at cox.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Everyone
>>>
>>> For those of you who may have followed this thread earlier, Richmond was
>>> right on the mark. Seeing as how the color cartridge was half full, I had
>>> trouble considering that to be the problem. I have used hundreds of
>>> cartridges on similar projects and never found this to be a problem. I
>>> wonder if Epson's "mix" is different now than it used to be. Regardless,
>>> whew!
>>>
>>> Thanks to all,
>>>
>>> Joe Lewis Wilkins
>>> Architect
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>>
>> Stephen Barncard
>> San Francisco Ca. USA
>>
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