On Apr 15, 2004, at 11:26 PM, Peter A. Klein wrote:
> I regret to report that I'm still having clog troubles with my 1280.
> I've tried the Windex tricks via both the printhead's resting pad and
> flushing through the head with a syringe. I ran a color cartridge
> through the printer, printing both color, B&W with color ink, and
> black only. That worked OK with the usual cast and metamerism
> problems when using color ink for B&W.
>
> I bought MIS cleaning fluid, soaked the pad, let it sit overnight.
> Didn't help. I put in MIS cleaning cartridges, printed several purge
> patterns, left it sitting turned off for a day. Repeated the next
> day. Put fresh MIS Ultratone and Eboni carts back in. Got a few
> beautiful prints.
>
> Two days later, I have clogs again. In several of the color
> positions. Most of these clogs seem to move around from nozzle check
> to nozzle check, but the "yellow" position clog that started this
> whole saga is still there, as always.
>
> I'm about ready to give up on this printer. It seems to do OK with
> Epson color inks, although a couple of the yellow nozzles never show
> up in the nozzle checks. With the MIS VM and Ultratone inks, clogs
> keep happenning. When it works, the results are exquisite. But I
> have wasted countless weekends and several cartridges of expensive
> ink, to no avail.
>
> My next question is this: Is it worth it to get the 1280 fixed, or
> should I just cut my losses and get another printer? If the latter,
> I'm open to advice on which printer to get. I want to be able to do
> good, smooth, consistent B&W printing. I don't want to spend all my
> time screwing around with clogs. I love the results I get from UT
> inks, but it's starting to seem like it's not worth all the trouble.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> --Peter
>
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