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Subject: Re: First Inkjet PC Board

From: "Steve" <alienrelics@...>
Date: 2006-09-19

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "jam5411" <mardock@...> wrote:
>
...
> Quite a lot of work to get there for me. Took three different C84's
> have found that once the heads are plugged, on some, they are REALLY
> plugged. Soaked them in Steves potion for several weeks and still no
> luck, and in fact am still soaking them. All of them had plugged
> vacuum pump lines if not from the head port to the port support stand
> then from the port support stand through the pump to the "sponge" or
> both!

The C8x and C6x series, and the all-in-ones that use the same
cartridge, are a real problem with the OEM Durabrite inks. Epson put a
lot of chemistry into getting a pigmented ink that would work on
glossy paper, sadly it seems to dry -really- hard. I have not noticed
an unusual number of complaints when using 3rd party inks.

Steve Greenfield