> The Epson C80 and other printers makes nice prints from 4 or 6 color inks, > due to the small nozzle sizes. The problem is the cleaning cycles. We have > central air heat, which drys things out, and at the moment the printer cannot > spray a single drip of ink. My own fault; I should have printed a test block > of colors once per week just to keep the ink flowing. The same thing > happened with the color on the HP printer, but at least you can get a new > print head when you get more ink. Too bad HP's older inks turn colors.
I've had fairly good luck cleaning my Epson heads with a high grade of isopropyl alcohol. I simply pull out the print cartridges and take a cue tip loaded with alcohol and place a drop in the opening of each print head. I then take a clean dry one and soak up the excess. Replace the cartridges and run a couple of cleaning cycles. So far so good with this procedure. Whether or not there are any negative consequences to this I don't know yet. But what else to do? David
