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Bures

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Thinking of buying an Epson D78 printer for occasional use.
Any idea of the ink cart capacity (ml)?
Nothing on the web or the Epson packaging, which is a sealed blister pack.
In the event of the head clogging, can it be removed for cleaning ?
 
I have an Epson D88, and i would say to stay well clear, I will the next printer I purchase.

Regarding head clogging, that's never happened to once of my printers before. I've had nozzle clogging, but that is easy to clear with a simple epson utility.

The ink in Epsons never lasts long. I think you would be better off with a HP.
My sister has one of those deskjets, and you can go weeks to months of occasionally printing without having to change cartridge.

With Epsons, although you have individual cartridge tanks, you will be forever replacing them, as stated, they do not last long, so thin; and they always run out at different times.
 
ld rather go with lasers never block those... in any case if your gunna get an ink based printer use it daily to weekly in order to keep it running properly and not block... believe me its worth printing pages occasionally or you'll loose 4 printers like l did (1 per year they all died within the summer months when l wasnt at college)
 
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I've a R300 Stylus Photo, never done me wrong and chipped carts are as cheap as chips. :)
 
i am with triaxor and ruwalton i have the photo R300 never let me down in over 2 years use

my with makes hand made cards and prints out photo images nearly every day
the inks are replacable one by one since it its always only about 3 out of the six colours that run out the most. i get compatible carts at £10 per full set and buy 2 get 2 free so 4 sets for £20 which is about the cost of 2 epson carts.

wouldnt use any other printer had cannon before liked its speed and quiteness but is more expensive to run.
 
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ld rather go with lasers never block those !!SNIP!! believe me its worth printing pages occasionally or you'll loose 4 printers like l did (1 per year they all died within the summer months when l wasnt at college)

That's one reason for getting a HP printer. The carts cost a small fortune but this is because they have their own print head as part of the cartridge. New cart, new print head, very few worries about wasting ink having to clean the nozzels. Although for a set of HP cartridges you could buy a new Epson. Which is why I don't own a HP, but we have them at work and I always flinch when we have to buy the HP branded carts but at least it's not my money.

Occasional use any cheap printer should be OK, but if that "occasional use" means printing photographs, then you need a good printer.

I have 2 printers at home, my nice Epson CX3600 scanner/ printer which I use for "best" and an ancient ex-ebay canon BJCC6200 "stunt printer" which I use for everyday use ( i get though a lot of refill black ink ) and when the nieces and nephews want to print half of the CBEEBIES web site (using up the large store of canon carts but thats another long story) Every week I do some printing with the Epson just to keep the heads unclogged. The compatible carts don't cost a lot, but they are chipped.

Not sure about the cleaning with special cleaning carts, but I would assume you could remove the ink cart, blast some cleaning fluid through it, and replace the ink cart and the chip would still tell it it was at the level it was before cleaning.
 
I thought about buying a new epson at launch, when it was on offer for half price, then I found out that compatible cartridges wouldn't be available for months and a set of genuine ones costs nearly as much as the printer.

I've got a very old epson, I find it best to print a least one page per week, this avoids serious clogs. I've also found some compatible cartridges clog less that the genuine ones (Jettec are the best that I've tried). When it has clogged very badly (after not printing a page for weeks) doing several head cleans, shutting it down and leaving it overnight has sorted it, although it wastes a ton of ink.
 
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@froggy

well there is that route, at least there is less worry of blockages on print heads that could fux the printer... however lve always liked speed in printing since thats what all my old jobs required.
 
@Timeless:

I agree totally, laser printers kick inkjet butt and these days you can get decent mono lasers for under £100. The HP laser at work has duplex (double sided printing) and that makes life so much easier.

But as always, it's horses for courses and a good inkjet should meet the average users needs.
 
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I am on my 3rd Epson I buy compatable Cartridges from Printcartridge which never cause any problems . The one time I did have a Problem logged on to Epson website And they downloaded a small program enabling them to connect to my Printer and tell me the cure.
 
when l get a new print l guess l better remember to at least print a test page or two every week unless l get my laser working again lol
 
Thanks for all your replies. I didnt realise when I posted the initial question it would get such a response. At the moment I have a Canon IP2000 Printer and its a pain.
After either so many head cleans or prints it shuts down and tells me (via the flashing light code) I require a service. Fortunately via various key presses this can be reset.
Now I have a clogged Magenta head and nothing will clear it, steam, cleaning fluid etc I have tried the lot over a period of about 3 weeks, so I thought it was time to look for another make.
By the sound of it, Epson do not suffer too much with clogged heads if kept in regular use.
I will continue to read the messages, thanks to all
 
i got the need maintenance message on the epson R300 took it to my local computer ink supply shop who for £12 cleaned out a tank that collects surplus ink when headcleaning and also the foam pads above tank.

problem fixed small price to pay probably evety 18 to 24 months
 
The epson SSC utility can reset that counter, http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml (not Vista compatible!) maybe there is something similar for Canon printers, of course you still have to empty the tank and clean the sponge or it will overflow and risks clogging the head with the dried gunk on it too.

If the head is permanently blocked, I seen suggested soaking the foam pad with various products including windex or a proper head cleaning fluid as well as using a syringe or something to force the stuff through the nozzles.

There's a website on extreme head unclogging here :- http://eddiem.com/photo/printer/unclog/unclog.html
 
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