[Leica] printer question

[leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)]

Thanks for the tip.  My 1800 uses pigment inks. We, at times, are gone for 
two months and it has had a few clogged jets.  I am able to use Windex to 
get them working again.

Many years ago, the school where I was bought a few dozen Epson 740's. 
Before pigment inks.  Of course, we shut down for almost 3 months for the 
summer and when we got back, just about all of them were clogged.  We had 
been using HP printers before, and if they ever clogged beyond repair we 
just replaced the ink cartridge, which back then also included the print 
head.  I was the tech person for the building then and I got pretty good at 
unclogging print heads.  Windex was my friend.  Got almost 100% of them 
working again.  But it was a problem every fall when we returned to school. 
>From the on, any new printers were again HP with the heads in the cartridge.

A while back, a friend had a 2200 that he had not used for a year or so.  He 
gave it to me to get working again for him and I was able to unclog the 
heads eventually.  Took a few days of Windex treatment, but it did work 
again for him.

Aram


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jayanand Govindaraj
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 9:13 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] printer question

I have been using the Epson R3880 ( one of the 3000's big brothers)
for some years now. Great printer, wonderful prints, dead neutral B&W
- but beware - all Epson pigment ink printer heads tend to clog if not
used regularly, especially with the yellow ink. So I would not
recommend Epson pigment ink printers at all if you are likely to leave
it off for extended periods. Just to clarify - I have been using only
Epson since 2004...and this warning is out of long experience.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> 
wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone is using the Epson R3000. I am thinking of 
> moving up from my R1800.  The reviews of the R3000 are pretty good.  And I 
> like the Idea of multiple B&W cartridges and that you do not have to swap 
> them out and waste all that ink.
>
> How are the B&W images?  I assume the color is as good or better (most 
> likely) than my R1800.
>
>
> Aram
>
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