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More info?)
It's not a problem putting the used cartridges back in the printer since
they have the chips on them.
"Chris" <chrisnospam@goomail.com> wrote in message
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> "Tony" <webfive@pantsaah-haa.com> wrote in message
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> > "Peach" <leepeche@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > I have an epson stylus c40 plus which is about 2 years old and
> > > originally the print quality was excellent but recently their is a lot
> > > of horizontal banding in the print outs. I have performed a nozzle
> > > check,head cleaning check and print head allignment check and all were
> > > fine. I tried to resolve this on the epson website but the support
> > > was pretty poor. Has anyone got any ideas on how to resolve this?
> > > thank you
> >
> > This is usually the well known and documented build up of resin residue
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> > crud from paper waste (dust) and dye based ink . The very best way is to
> > charge a spare empty with Windolene (greenish) window cleaner or a mild
> > ammonia solution which acts as a solvent for dye based inks. You then
> clean
> > from within the Peizo head and dissolve waste out. Print a few windy
pages
> > and as the ink fades you know the cleaner is getting to the parts that
> > matter. Sometimes a few drops on the parking pads will accomplish this.
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> > disassembly is necessary. Amongst others JetTec also do a flush cleaning
> > fluid free with the latest specialist ink kits.
> > Tony.
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> I have a similar problem with my c70 which uses chipped cartridges. I have
> purchased three
> colour cleaning cartridges, so is it it ok to remove the colour cartridges
> do the the cleaning
> process and then return the colour cartridges?
> I am a bit worried in case the printer want accept the partly used
> cartridges again!
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> Chris
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