Dave wrote:

"Jstein" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I am having an issue with my Epson R260 inkjet printer. .jpg

Any advice you can give would be much appreciated. I would really
love to get this printer up and running again. Thank you in advance.

-Jesse

Look on the web, there are many thousands of people who feel and share
your pain. Epson ink-jet printers are (or at least were) extremely
prone to clogging. Once the head is clogged, it's often not possible to
get it unclogged. Throw it out and buy another one.

I've found ink-jet printers to be expensive and frustrating. Sure,
they're giving them away with new PC's, but the cost of consumables is
at least 5 times that of laser. And they clog. And they're slow. And
the ink runs when it the prints get wet. What I ended up doing is
buying a color laser printer for my day-to-day stuff, you know, prints
off the web, proofs of docs, etc. I have a print shop do my
high-quality work, they are cheaper than ink-jet prints. I bought a
Brother HL-4040CN color laser and it's worked great for a year now.

I too mostly gave up on inkjets a long time ago. I've resisted buying a
color laser based on the cost of consumables. A full complement of
replacement cartridges cost more than the printer in most cases I've
researched.

I guess there's no middle-ground. Color ink is expensive, too. At
least I had the sense (when I did use them) to find printers with
separate tanks for the various colors. Even then, I consumed more ink
in cleaning cycles than I ever laid on a page. I found when I tried to
dispose of ink carts on eBay that they were worthless, and ate a large
chunk in tossed-out consumables when the last printer I used, died.

Do color toner carts expire? My ink carts (Brother brand) did--probably
why I couldn't sell them--and I assume that most other brands have an
expiration date as well.

jak