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In article <na.108198470e.a60250ben.crick@argonet.co.uk>, Ben Crick
<ben.crick@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <1378@assyst.win-uk.net>, dpope@assyst.win-uk.net (Dave Pope)
> wrote:
> Dave: the problem of clogged heads is usually caused by turning off the
> printer at the mains socket instead of using the ON/OFF switch ON THE
> PRINTER. On switching off, the machine performs a head-cleaning and
> parking
> sequence which is essential for trouble-free restarting from cold next
> time.
> This is aborted if you cut off the power by another means, so the ink just
> dries in the jets and clogs them.
> 
Yep, but what's not in tfm is that if you /always/ turn off at the printer,
like I did faithfully, following the manual, is that eventually it gets
confused and starts cleaning its heads every pass of the print head. All
that was needed was to turn it off at the mains (after using the switch of
course), and allowing it to reset itself inside. Turned back on, all was
hunky dorey, and it no longer poured the contents of the ink cartridges down
the felt pad inside it, which had got soaked in ink so it was spreading it
all over my desktop - nice, eh!


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