[DM-MUG] My own version of weird printer

[Ray Bowler]

At 10:44 AM -0600 3/1/06, Bill Smith wrote:
>t  Does that pretty much tell me where I stand now? Given the price 
>of printers, is it worth taking the printer in for repair?
>
>Bill Smith

You need to replace it or get the nozzles cleaned. I had the same 
problem with an Epson Stylus C86 less than a year old and they 
replaced it under warranty. I hadn't known about turning it off at 
night until this experience. The dollars and cents issue is whether 
it is worth it to replace the nozzles. My instinct is a no but it 
would depend on the cost of a replacement--under $100 for a printer 
answers that for me.

A note about Epsons ink nozzles. The reason that color images are 
better on my Epson than they are on my wife's HP is that the built-in 
nozzles are of a higher quality and more expensive than the 
throw-away ones in the HP cartridges.  Canon's solution is the same 
as Epson's--higher quality with the downside of nozzle clogging.  I 
have heard that it is easier to remove and clean the Canon's than it 
is the Epson's. I personally would be willing to pay more for 
cartridges to avoid this clogging problem.

-- 
Ray

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