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From: Jolly Roger on 2 Jan 2010 20:13 In article <drache-792B24.18191902012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-C4E8DB.15452502012010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > I'm quite sure it will outlast your cheap-o Epson. ; ) > > Let me know when it passes 11 years. I'll try to remember to do that. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: John McWilliams on 3 Jan 2010 00:06 nospam wrote: > In article <jollyroger-F46EFC.19294402012010(a)news.individual.net>, << Snipped bits out >> > > normally, they don't clog. sometimes they do, and it typically happens > when people do things like forget to turn off the printer, use it in > very humid weather, use cheap ink, etc. Now the above used to be Gospel, but I do believe it's recommended to leave the printer powered, as newer Epson printers do park the heads when not printing. Leaving it powered will prevent ink waste which happens on every power up, as it pushes ink out all orifices, so to speak, doing a type of cleaning cycle. -- john mcwilliams
From: Jan Alter on 3 Jan 2010 07:39 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:020120101854580414%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <jollyroger-F46EFC.19294402012010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > normally, they don't clog. sometimes they do, and it typically happens > when people do things like forget to turn off the printer, use it in > very humid weather, use cheap ink, etc. In reference to an Epson clogging in humid weather I have found it to be completely opposite. Moisture will help to keep the heads from drying out. As a matter of practice when the teachers at my school packed up more than 60 Epson printers for the summer in plastic bags to store them for ten weeks I would always recommend they place a dampened sponge in the bag (not in the printer) to help keep humidity levels high. On return in September the printers would all work, and I used this routine for ten years, 'til I retired in '08. -- Jan Alter bearpuf(a)verizon.net
From: Jan Alter on 3 Jan 2010 08:31 > But getting back to the Epson Stylus 740 - I was a bit sad when it broke > down. It was one hell of a workhorse! So reliable I could hardly believe > it. I wish I could say the same for the rest of my hardware. > > Anyone here had one last longer than I did (nine years)? > > Regards, > Jamie Kahn Genet > -- > If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. The school I worked at in Philadelphia still has about twenty 740 Epsons running since 1999, when I first ordered thirty-five of them . These machines were real workhorses. The biggest problem maintaining them was after 3 or 4 years I needed to grease the head travel bar with a little 3-'n-1 oil every 6 months. Over the ten year period I used only 3rd party inks for all the printers with excellent results. Clogging would occur if the printer was left on for a week or more without printing or a couple of weeks off without printing. I discovered Epsons work best when they were used. Around 2002 I started ordering the Epson 880. It turned out to be a much finer printer than the 740. It printed faster, quieter, at a higher dpi and didn't need oiling of the head travel bar after three or more years use. What was even more wonderful was that both the 740 and 880 used cheap third party cartridges that ran the school about $8 a set for black and color.The Epson 740 and the 880 were the best all-around printers Epson ever made for durability and longevity from my experience. Additionally we used the C80, C82, C84, and C88 models. By the time I'd retired we had some 80 printers running in the school. Today Epson certainly makes much better photo producing printers for the general consumer, but hardware-wise they've turned them into disposable units and now Epson makes its profit on ink,(as do the other printer companies) doing everything it can to thwart the user from refilling cartridges by using chips on them as well as the consumer using third party cartridges by changing the firmware on the same model printer along its course of production so the printer won't recognize cartridges with older chips. Epson has become extremely environmentally unfriendly in its throw away mentality for both the printers that are poorly made in comparison to their ten year old models and the enormous amount of cartridges that all join the landfills. From my perspective the only thing that will turn things around is consumer revolution to enjoin legislation, making it easier for the user to refill cartidges and end this costly waste of materials, money, and greed on both Epson's and the other printer makers. -- Jan Alter bearpuf(a)verizon.net
From: heiko recktenwald on 3 Jan 2010 08:38
Jan Alter schrieb: > From my perspective the only thing that will turn things around is > consumer revolution to enjoin legislation, making it easier for the user to > refill cartidges and end this costly waste of materials, money, and greed on > both Epson's and the other printer makers. But what choice do consumers have today? Except letters to DC or legal action. Where is EFF? ;-) H. |