On Aug 10, 11:23*am, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 23:50:01 +0100, Nick wrote:
I have the Epson Stylus Photo 890 printer and it has been little used
for some time. I put in a new set of ink cartridges, ran the cleaning
cycle several times but still it won't fire from all the jets.

Mines just the same, right PITA. It doesn't get much use just for the
occasional photo print but nearly every time(*) I want to use it it needs
multiple nozzle checks and cleaning cycles.

Ink for it seem to be getting hard to find and I've only ever had decent
photo results on Epson paper. Some Kodak paper I have produces decidedly
red tinged images, same settings but on Epson paper are fine.

If the monochome laser, that does most printing work, packs in I'll be
looking very hard at a colour laser but not sure how well the the £150 to
£200 ones do at the colour printing I require. IE. photographs on heavy
glossy paper.

(*) Just occasionally it won't but that is very rare. I have to pick my
self back up off the floor...

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Cheers
Dave.

Samsung mono laser seems to be around £40 from couple of vendors,
cheap enough to refill and laser dosen`t clog with only occasional
use.
Got a HP2600, really rebadged older Canon mech, its not bad at photos
but no where near 6 colour inkjet quality.
Don`t put inkjet glossy paper through a laser printer, the coating
might melt on to the fuser drum.

Adam