Re: Things and such

On Wednesday 14 July 2004 17:58, Roger Leigh wrote:
> James Cort <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > On Tuesday 13 July 2004 17:47, Roger Leigh wrote:
> >> A4 glossy photo paper (HP paper, rather than Epson, IIRC).  I guess
> >> the printer had a faulty printhead, given that the Epson Windows
> >> driver output was also bad (though the testpattern looked OK bar a
> >> little ink spreading).
> >
> > I've seen parallel lines running down a page before with Epson printers
> > and HP paper. It turns out that the pinwheels in the printer seem to
> > scratch the surface as the paper goes through, effectively causing an
> > appearance of "lines" (composed of lots of dots if you look closely) all
> > the way down the page.
>
> I don't think that's the problem here: the top edge of the paper is
> the left-hand side.  The fine lines are actually horizontal.

Ah, my fault for misinterpreting the scan. 

It's a bit hard to tell - I don't know if it's my monitor or the original 
image but I cannot make out any sign of horizontal lines. I would expect this 
to be the result of clogged nozzles - they can be a right sod to get properly 
clean with Epsons once they get gummed up and the "test" pattern is not 
always a perfectly reliable test.

Last time I had this problem I bought a couple of "flusher" cartridges 
(essentially cartridges filled with solvent rather than ink) and ran them 
through - did a beautiful job.  This was a stylus color 440 though - I've no 
idea if they're available (or even feasible) for an R300.  Keeping the inside 
of the printer absolutely spotless is probably the best thing you can do for 
quality, the trick is to do it without pouring industrial alcohol into 
sensitive components.

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