I can't speak for specialty inks, such as pigmented, dye sub, etc. In the case of Epson printer dye inks, they last for years beyond the expiry date, especially if they are kept in the aluminum coated vacuum sealed wrapper. The ink I've been buying has a 2 year expiry date on it (non-Epson). I...

I'm reading a LOT of postings of people who are disposing of their printers because they are old, clogged, banding, or no longer wanted. Many mention tossing them in the garbage, or bringing them into places which just recycle the materials. Since we are approaching another EarthDay it seems like...

Will HP Follow the Hurd? By Art Entlich In case you haven't "Hurd" yet, HP has a new CEO. The question is, can he turn around the results of years of "Cartastrofi" under its former CEO, Carly Fiorina? Mark Hurd is a long standing employee and recent CEO for NCR, and he has been selected to...

Sorry about that subject header, but it is one way to get Google to put the message toward the top of their database, when people look for my name and address. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF MY NEW ADDRESS AS SHOWN IN THE HEADER OF THIS MESSAGE. SHORTLY, MY OLDER EMAIL ADDRESS WILL BECOME UNAVAILABLE THIS...

No, this is not about another major personel change at HP. However, HP has announced they have successfully developed a new inkjet head that is completely made of an integrated circuit or a "chip". Current heads are made from laminates of materials and involve complex processes using lasers to...

In my experience, new cartridges do not necessarly lead to clear heads. Further, the cartridges in your printer are only 8 months old and should still be OK. Also, running cleaning cycles on heads that are clogged with chipped cartridges means loss of ink due to improper programming of the...

If permanent isn't critical, you may wan t to consider an aftermarket dye ink, rather than the pigment Durabrite inks, which tend to be very clog prone. Art - Bob - wrote: What good for ink for this? I am looking for something that doesn't clog. Ability to last 100 years is secondary :-)

The words 'slow' and 'inkjet' may soon not have the same affinity that have for years now. A company called memjet, has announced they have developed a series of inkjet heads which literally fit across the area normally traversed by the head carriage movement. The head therefore will no longer...

If people have been trying to contact me for the Epson Cleaning Manual or other reasons over the last several (3-4) days, and i have not replied, it is because I have been having difficulties again with my email. As per usual, everyone is pointing fingers (It's not us...), but none the less, I...

HP's Fling with Fiorina ends in Firing The rocky six year romance HP had with the woman at the top in the several thousand dollar suits ended today, leaving a company with many less employees and most HP stockholders with many less dollars. For the last several years, the board waited patiently...

How did you clean the head bottom. It often has a LOT of dried ink on it, and a partial cleaning may not be adequate to remove all the dry ink which can cause nozzle deflection. Also, do an alignment, sometimes stuff that shows up in bi-directional head movement that doesn't in uni is due to...

The "S" stands for "Silver". They just changed the color of the printer body to make it look more like the more recent Epson printer line. Art Many wrote: Can anyone tell me what the difference is between these two printers, other than the "S" model having wider Operating System...

I can't quote any references, but I would not be surprised if X-radiation could damage a optical photosensitive drum. As you know, they can be damaged just by bright lighting. I suspect the security device is to blame. Your own tests somewhat suggests where the problem is. If you can prove it,...

I won't comment on if you should be printing those DVD covers and labels, and why you are printing so many.... people can draw their own conclusions. In an earlier posting today, I explained how to clean the paper path. Yours is slipping because you are using so much coated paper and some of the...

I was doing a bit of research recently and found some interesting figures. Seiko-Epson is trying to double it's color laser printer sales in the next 3 years. They currently hold 2nd place, after HP. HP currently has about 37% of the market, while Epson holds 13%, followed by Xerox with about...

Can you explain the exact printer error that is showing? If it something showing on your monitor, or a series of lights blinking, or what? There are a lot of things that can cause non-printing after replacing a cartridge. Usually it is either an air lock or a dried screen in the printer nipple...

Hi Henry, When you say it happens with the test page, do you mean something like the Windows driver test page, or the text page built into the printer that prints even without the printer connected to the computer? If it's the test page from something like Windows, the problem could...

I have been working on several printing project the last week using several different programs, including Photoshop, Corel Draw, WordPerfect, and so on. During a printing of a WordPerfect document, something apparently crashed in the print driver. What came out of my printer (in this case a...

In some of my wandering on the internet I came across several articles regarding announcements by HP that they are shuffling the deck somewhat again. As I understand it (some analysts were suggesting the changes came rather suddenly due to a resignation of the head of the Computer Division, so...

US citizens had access to a class action hitting Epson on a number of grounds about a year or two ago. Those lawsuits are now completed and do not indicate any admission of liability on the part of Epson, but, none the less, Epson is paying out on some issues that were brought to class...