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Re: [Digital BW] Virgin 1280 vs. Refurbished 1280

2005-09-20 by Ben Rosengart

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 11:35:31PM -0000, Craig Snyder wrote:
> Does anyone have knowledge or comments on buying a 1280, new vs. 
> Epson refurbished? The refurbished is a great price with free shipping. As I 
> want to start it off with UT2 and only UT2 my concern is over getting a 
> refurbished machine that had its jets merely cleaned of former (dye) inks 
> rather than sterile, virgin jets. Definitely want to get started on the right foot. 
> Any input based on experience welcome.

All I can tell you is that even a pristine new 1280 can have clogging
problems.

-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

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