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Vinylly

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My son-in-law just purchased an Epson 2200 color printer. They are supposed to be one of the best printers and I was thinking of getting one myself to print my artwork since they have archival inks and paper. So, we tried to print one of my scanned paintings last night as I wanted to see how good it was. There were streaks across the service of the prints and my son-in-law explained that apparently one of the color nozzels was clogged. Is this a common occurance? When this happens, do you have to replace the ink cartridge or is there a way of quickly un-clogging the nozzel? If this is a common problem I just may have second thoughts on getting one of these printers. (I notice this happens a lot on my little HP Photosmart printer and I end up getting my digital photos professionally printed.)

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Re: Color Streaking In Color Printers: - Jerry P 10:51:10 12/29/03 (0)
Clogged heads are a problem with Epson printers.
The ink tank and head are separate and need to
be used often like Joe M stated. Their is a cleaning
procedure but a lot of ink is used.

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Re: Color Streaking In Color Printers: - R B 04:51:21 10/15/03 (1)

In Reply to: Color Streaking In Color Printers: posted by Vinylly on October 14, 2003 at 10:33:03:

I only have the HP 930c & it does very good colour prints & have never seen any streaks. There could be a problem with a clogged print head but it's not commen enough to stop you buying the printer. The heads can be cleaned (unclogged) in the software that comes with the printer. Don't judge the printer on just one printer you know about...............same goes for politics..he.......he.....he

regards rod

Rod to add to what you've stated , I've found that these home printers need to be used more often - Joe M 18:37:32 10/15/03 (0)

In Reply to: Re: Color Streaking In Color Printers: posted by R B on October 15, 2003 at 04:51:21:

than many home hobbyist do. The ink wells, sort of coagulate if left to sit. So it's best to print something in color everyday, even if it's small prints.

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