[Techtalk] HP printers

[A. Mani]

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:
> My Epson C86 died, and I'm thinking about trying an HP inkjet,
> because of HP's Linux drivers.  But I'm finding it frustratingly
> hard to find the specs I want on the web, and of course the goons
> at the local stores aren't much help.
>
> The two specs I'm most interested in are:
> - are the print heads in the ink cartridge or the printer?
> - are the inks the typical dye type that fade after a year?
>
> What I liked best about the Epson: it used pigment-based inks that
> don't fade after 6 months, like prints from its predecessor did.
>
> What I liked least about the Epson: the print heads are in the
> printer, so once they clog, the whole printer is toast. (Which is
> what has happened now, and running 30 cleaning cycles didn't help.)

remove cartridges and add pure isopropyl alcohol.. or acetone in that order.

or get C95 or better.

Best

A. Mani



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