Digital BW, The Print

I’ll chime in here. My personal opinion here is that indeed the newer  
Epson printers have relatively more problems with print head clogs. More  
specifically it is my belief that the DX6 series of print heads are prone  
to internal self-destruction that masquerades as print head clogs as well  
as being more sensitive to infrequent use issues. I read an article  
(http://www.breathingcolor.com/blog/printhead-failure/ ) a few weeks ago  
on the Breathing Color site, in which a printer service tech stated that  
the new DX6 print heads had issues with internal delamination I believe,  
and that the normal life span of these print heads maybe shorter than that  
of the previous DX5 models.

I have an Epson 9880 that has printed a bit over 19,000 feet of paper,  
that is a skosh over 3.5 miles, and in the three years that I have owned  
it I have had to do a power cleaning once.

If you haven’t seen the, Epson 7900 from the inside - out, thread over on  
LuLa it is in my mind informative to say the very least, it runs to just  
shy of 475,000 views and a little over 1500 posts. It contains everything  
 from the sublime to the ridiculous with regard to the X900 series Epson  
printers, I.E the DX6 print head and its various foibles.

http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=61585.0

So once again, my opinion, is that the newer Epson printers with DX6 head  
technology are a bit less robust that its predecessor and while not  
technically a clogging issue the symptoms of head failure, in the newer  
printers, masquerade as that.

As to the off brand ink issue, I have two old Epson 4000’s that print just  
fine on off brand inks. Does this translate to it’s OK to use non-Epson  
inks in newer Epson printers, I don’t know.

On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 10:14:12 -0400, Joseph Chandler over40_98@...m  
[DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]  
<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> My printer is an Epson 1800, never used anything but Epson inks! I had a  
> 2400, then got the dreaded "needs >maintenance (ink pad full), bought a  
> 3000, just got a Canon Pixma 100!  So, with these types of printers, at  
> their >cost, I would NEVER use brand x inks!  That being said, with so  
> many printers, and my printing infrequently, I think >letting the 1800  
> sit for long periods without being used, caused this problem. Anyway,  
> any other ideas? I was told by >a salesman at one of the stores to at  
> least print something regularly!
>
>
>
> On Sunday, September 20, 2015 6:27 AM, "brian_downunda@...  
> [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]"  
> ><DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
>  +1.  Not only a fairly big claim, it flies in the face of much  
> evidence.  You could always start your research here:
> http://myx900.com/
>There is one recent printer where that comment may apply - the 3880 -  
> which seems fairly trouble-free with OEM, but >it's also true that  
> plenty of people are using it successfully with non-OEM as well.  
> There is one part that I do agree with, and that is that the older the  
> (desktop) printer, the harder it is to get it to work >with refillable  
> cartridges.  But that's not an ink-specific comment, it would apply even  
> if you put OEM ink in the carts.
>
> This thread is a little off-topic for the DB&W group.
>
> 



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