On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:03:43 GMT, Paul Helpfull
wrote:

well it more the heads appear clogged, no amount of software will do it.

i have had the headss out of the printer and returned them and they do seem better

any tips peeps you can offer? actually i have 2 a c82 and a c60 the latter heads are easier to get out

clogged mainly due to being stood for along period

What model Epsons printers do you have?
Epson printers are mostly crap owing to the piezio printheads more
than anything.
That said if the heads haven't totally self-destructed there are a few
things you can do to unclog them.
Go to an aftermarket ink supplier like Nujet.com and purchase a blank
cartridge and fill it with cleaning solvent, I use sulfynol.
Denatured alchohol will work on most models as well.
Run the cleaning cartridge on a test image consisting of a solid page
of the color/s of the clogged head. Run until you get wet pages.
If you can remove the printhead assembly you can soak it in denatured
overnight followed by a rinse in distilled water.(If you have access
to an ultrasonic cleaner even better.)
On most of the early Epsons the printhead and ink combination resulted
in destruction of the print nozzles. This was a design flaw and there
isn't much short of replacing the heads that will fix it.

Here are a few links to help you out:

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?s...artridges.html

The link below details the flaw with most of Epson's printers in
regards to piezio printhead technology

http://www.screenweb.com/inks/cont/inkstrategy.html


Here are a few more sources for aftermarket cartridges/supplies for
Epsons.

http://www.weink.com/

http://www.inksupply.com/

http://nujet.com/

I've used the inks from nujet and found they flow better than Epsons
oem inks.
They also have blanks for making cleaning cartridges.
MIS also sells very clean inks, never had them clog a head either.