Digital BW, The Print

I haven't seen these problems with either of my Epson R220s which I
use with refillable cartridges.  Don't know if it's a printer design
issue or that you've used them more than I have (I'm a light printer).

Roger

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Kip Babington
<cbabing3@...> wrote:
>
> I've kept a spare C88 for a while, but my other 2 just keep chugging 
> along.  Although they DO now usually fail to start after they have been 
> sitting overnight.  As best I can tell, there is something about the 
> spring-loaded pad and wiper assembly which, part way through the
initial 
> to-ing and fro-ing, sticks or catches on the carriage, which then pulls 
> the wiper assembly loose from its moorings and leaves it standing on
its 
> spring.  If I align its tabs and push it back down to its proper seated 
> position, and then wipe off the wiper with several Windex-soaked
Q-Tips, 
> the printers will work fine for hours.  But after they sit overnight I 
> have the same failure again.  This is with MIS EZ inks - one printer
has 
> the MIS CIS and the other uses MIS refillable cartridges (remember 
> them?) so I can experiment with PK ink on glossy papers.
> 
> I notice that Epson no longer offers the C88 through their clearance 
> center.  I should have bought another one last month, when I think they 
> were down to $39 delivered.  That's WAY less than the retail price of 
> the inks they came with.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kip
> 
> frogeyesfred wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I spent much of yesterday complaining about my R1800. Meanwhile, my 75
> > dollar C88 was working like a charm. I'm tempted to pick up a couple
> > as spares to go along with a CIS.
> >
> > Walt
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> > <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>, "jlsjapan"
> > <jlsjapan@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever used an Epson C88 for BO printing? If so, what were
> > > the results?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > JLS
> > >
> >
> >  
> 
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