Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jimevans_2000" 
<evans.jim@e...> wrote:
> The printer I have is an Epson Photo 700, which was donated to me 
by 
> a frustrated friend. Seems he hadn't used it in awhile, and the 
> printheads dried up. He couldn't get it to print again no matter 
what 
> he did. Any advice for this, short of buying new printheads? 

First off, I don't believe that you *can* buy new printheads.

1. get some nice, thick paper - if you've got an otherwise unusable 
sheet of Matte Heavyweight, it'll work quite nicely

2. use Superglue or Elmer's or something to glue a paper towel to it

3. make an image with Photoshop or something that is nothing but 
vertical bars of black, cyan, magenta, and yellow

4. SOAK the paper towel with rubbing alcohol and print the 
aforementioned document at maximum quality

5. if you're feeling daring, get a bottle of Windex and open the 
printer's lid; squirt back in the "parking area" with the Windex as 
the printer head passes

6. after the page finishes, run the cleaning cycle three times in a 
row

7. repeat as necessary, although don't use the same paper-towel/page 
combination - it'll leave disgusting goopy lint-chunks inside your 
printer if it gets too soggy