Printersd

[Dick7Access]

Ok printer wizards, straighten out my brain. My two Epson ET 3830 were great printers, for a year and a half. Then it seems the nozzles get clogged. Nothing I try works to unclogged them. I even tried dynamite. I am looking for a better way. Looked at other brand ink tank printers and maybe going back to the cartage printers. Cartages have a built in code to make them go dry one minute after the stores close. It’s been so long since I used cartridges printers, so I don’t remember what trouble I had with them. I am assuming, (but dont know for sure) that the cartridges are just the reservoir, and they thus still have nozzles and would be prone to getting clogged. One I looked at was HP Officejet Pro 9125e. has anybody had good or bad luck with it? Any other advice you might have would be helpful.

 

[June7]

I have old cartridge printers: Brother MFC-J1410W and HP Envy 7645.
The Brother cartridges don't appear to have any electronics, just a reservoir as you noted.
The HP cartridges have what looks like electronics, maybe why they are so expensive.
I am going to try refilling cartridges.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

HP cartridges have enough electronics to know how old they are and will politely decline to work after a while. My most recent HP printer got to the point that the print heads were streaky and left blurs here and there on the page.

I'm a little bit surprised that the Epsons buggered up on you. There are at least two "flavors" of ECO-tank ink, though. It should not have allowed you to use the wrong ink, but I guess if something contaminated the ink it could do that for you. Had you stored the ink near something hot?

 

[Dick7Access]

HP cartridges have enough electronics to know how old they are and will politely decline to work after a while. My most recent HP printer got to the point that the print heads were streaky and left blurs here and there on the page.

I'm a little bit surprised that the Epsons buggered up on you. There are at least two "flavors" of ECO-tank ink, though. It should not have allowed you to use the wrong ink, but I guess if something contaminated the ink it could do that for you. Had you stored the ink near something hot?

Doc, what is meant by cartridges having electronics.
No I only used Epson Ink
Of course they were near something hot, but I cant change who I am.

 

[June7]

Here's what the cartridges look like.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

As I understand it, it is not at all uncommon for a cartridge to have its own built-in heads so that when you replace the cartridge you get new heads. However, for the ECO-tank system, that doesn't happen. I've got an EPSON 4700 series machine and it behaves itself pretty well.
Though perhaps I'll run a low-level cleaning on it tonight.

 

[Gasman]

I used to have an inkjext for my SSAFA volunteering. However I rarely printed and used more ink cleaning the nozzles when I came to use it.
I did not really need colour so went to a cheap laser printer.

I now have a Brother MFC-2700DW laser multi function device. No longer volunteering with SSAFA, so gets used even less, but works when I need it, without any hassle.

 

[Dick7Access]

I used to have an inkjext for my SSAFA volunteering. However I rarely printed and used more ink cleaning the nozzles when I came to use it.
I did not really need colour so went to a cheap laser printer.

I now have a Brother MFC-2700DW laser multi function device. No longer volunteering with SSAFA, so gets used even less, but works when I need it, without any hassle.

Thanks but I print every days when I am home. Absolutely need color so they can see my smiling face

 

[Pat Hartman]

I still love my Epson wF-3520 but I don't print much these days. The only big jobs are my tax returns. I use it a lot for scanning though. I think a laser is probably better for your printing needs though. It is more reliable and color is a lot cheaper these days.

Speaking of tax returns, the IRS knows everything they need to know about my finances and lots that they don't need to know so why do they need details for every security traded regarding gain/loss activity when my account manager sends them that information electronically? They should just send me a post card with a bill based on my known income from 1099's, W2's, K1's, etc. Then I can volunteer information regarding income from payments they don't know about which are few and far between.

 

[Gasman]

I do not fill in a tax return, as all my.income is taxed at source, but I am sure those that do, can do so online in the UK.

 

[Gasman]

Thanks but I print every days when I am home. Absolutely need color so they can see my smiling face

Well, if your nozzles get clogged, that cannot be the case, surely?