Every time you turn on the printer it goes through a clean cycle, and if you
don't use your printer
in a really long time it will get clogged no matter what brand ink you are
using. The printer driver
allows you to manually clean the nozzles (not with your hands of course) and
doing that
a couple of times will normally fix clog problems. Epson recommends you print
at least one page
a week but I have gone for several without the nozzles clogging up.
While Epson inks are outrageously expensive at stores, 3rd party inks for the
1280
and others are plentyfully available and I have had very good results with
these (printpal.com)
BTW, use quality paper (Epson, HP, etc) which will make more of a difference
than OEM inks.
-Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clemente Colayco" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Ink for 1280 Epson printer
What is the truth about Epson's warnings that using other brand inks will
ruin the print head? Apparently the noozles get clogged? And usually the
cost of the print head is so high making a repair uneconomical....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Ink for 1280 Epson printer
> > Has anyone used ink from 123inkjets.com or other aftermarket suppliers
in
> > their 1270 or 1280 printers and found the results to be satisfactory.
.....
>
I found pcnation.com to have the cheapest prices on Epson cartridges for
my 2000p. (I haven't tried aftermarket ink in this printer or even know
if it is possible let alone desirable). They have a big selection of ink
but you have to dig. You might also do a search on pricewatch.com
mike
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