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I have an Epson C64 that I use once in a while and it started printing with
gaps and I said no problem just need to clean the head. So I started running
the clean print head in the Printer Monitor and it is getting worse. I have
run one complete black through it and the red and yellow are not printing at
all. Blue seems to be perfectly fine. Need some ideas?

Vic

Vic wrote:
> I have an Epson C64 that I use once in a while and it started
> printing with gaps and I said no problem just need to clean the head.
> So I started running the clean print head in the Printer Monitor and
> it is getting worse. I have run one complete black through it and the
> red and yellow are not printing at all. Blue seems to be perfectly
> fine. Need some ideas?
>
> Vic

How infrequent? Dried up?
I kept telling the kids to print at least a sheet a week through their
prints to avoid such a problem. But - kids are kids and Dad pays the
bills!

"Vic" <> wrote in message
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>I have an Epson C64 that I use once in a while and it started printing
>with
> gaps and I said no problem just need to clean the head. So I started
> running
> the clean print head in the Printer Monitor and it is getting worse. I
> have
> run one complete black through it and the red and yellow are not
> printing at
> all. Blue seems to be perfectly fine. Need some ideas?
>
> Vic
>
>
Would say the cartridges have dried up------how many pages have you
printed to put a black cartidge thru it? a full one will do 4-600 pages
dependant on density the colour around 400 (5% page coverage)

Vic wrote:
>
> I have an Epson C64 that I use once in a while and it started printing with
> gaps and I said no problem just need to clean the head. So I started running
> the clean print head in the Printer Monitor and it is getting worse. I have

There's likely a few blobs of part dry ink where the printer cart parks.
Use Qtip and cleaner to clean it off.




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