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Old January 23rd 19, 08:18 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Windows Inkjets UK.

On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:22:13 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:06:40 +0000, Mike Swift
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced A4 Inkjet printer for Windows
10 that will not reject compatible cartridges?




I always recommend laser printers rather than inkjets. You might want
to read he

https://www.howtogeek.com/401749/sto...inter-instead/

or https://goo.gl/ocWiM6


From your cite/site:

For example, you can get a great quality Brother laser printer for
well under $100, which is a steal considering that’s just a one-time
purchase for something that you’ll own for years. There are other
great laser printers under $200, too, if you want extra features like
scanning or color, but even that sub $100 model supports wireless
networking, AirPrint, and Google Cloud Print.
***

Well, you can get a laser printer for less than 100 but "well under?"
In your dreams.

You can get a monochrome for just under $100

You will own for years? In a pig's eye! Doubtless M$ will come out
with an operating system that will nix that idea when you can't get
drivers for it.

Of course, you could always move it to the garage (you have those in
the UK?) and own it for years after it has printed it's last ever
page.

I'm sticking with an old HP and I do refill the ink cartridges. But
in truth, it has more to do with how often you need to print on paper.
I can go four months without firing up the HP beast... and when I do
there's a chance the print head will be dry (a wet paper towel for an
hour cures that) or if the room temperature is under 10 degrees C the
print quality sucks.

I can afford anything (even heating) but grew up with just a tent,
sleeping bag and motorcycle, and choose to live without a lot of
luxury.
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  #62  
Old January 23rd 19, 08:37 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Windows Inkjets UK.

In article , default
wrote:

I always recommend laser printers rather than inkjets. You might want
to read he


https://www.howtogeek.com/401749/sto...d-buy-a-laser-

printer-instead/

or https://goo.gl/ocWiM6


From your cite/site:

For example, you can get a great quality Brother laser printer for
well under $100, which is a steal considering that’s just a one-time
purchase for something that you’ll own for years. There are other
great laser printers under $200, too, if you want extra features like
scanning or color, but even that sub $100 model supports wireless
networking, AirPrint, and Google Cloud Print.
***

Well, you can get a laser printer for less than 100 but "well under?"
In your dreams.

You can get a monochrome for just under $100


$59 is 'well under' $100, no dreams needed. it even does duplex
printing.

https://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-L2...er-Printing/dp
/B00NQ1CLTI/

You will own for years? In a pig's eye! Doubtless M$ will come out
with an operating system that will nix that idea when you can't get
drivers for it.


it's up to the printer makers to write the drivers and there are other
systems than just microsoft as well as unofficial drivers in many
cases. or just set up a print server.

the problem is when ink is no longer available...
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Old January 24th 19, 01:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Windows Inkjets UK.

On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:21:59 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
wrote:

On 23/01/2019 00.24, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:47:33 -0000, "NY" wrote:

"nospam" wrote in message
...
In article , NY
wrote:

I've been struggling with my printer all afternoon after replacing the
cartridges. It refuses to recognise one of the cartridges, no matter
whether
I use the old (almost empty) one or the new one. I've checked all the
obvious things like dirty contacts, contact pins that have got stuck in
and
so aren't pressing on the cartridge.

It's a weird symptom, because if I remove all the cartridges and then add
them one by one, it reports "cannot recognise" for just the ones that are
missing. But once I add the last one, it says "Cannot recognise cyan",
even
though it was not moaning about that one until I put the last one of
another
colour in place.

That's for clone cartridges and an Epson printer,

that's why

I can accept that clone inks will be more likely to clog the nozzles, or
that they may produce more garish, less subtle colours. But why should a
clone cartridge (which may be a genuine one that has been refilled with
non-genuine ink) fail to be recognised by the printer?


Because it has previously reported itself as empty and set that info
into the cartridges chip. If you are going to use it again you are
going to have to reset the chip. It used to be possible to buy gizmos
to do that: I presume you still can.


In that case, return that faulty cartridge to the shop.


Its not faulty. It's just that every time you empty it, you have to
reset it before you can use it again. Buying ink is not sufficient:
you also need the resetting gizmo.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens
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Old January 24th 19, 02:10 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Windows Inkjets UK.

On 22/01/2019 23.57, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 1/22/19 12:20 PM, nospam wrote:

[snip]

not true. a printer that's off with its heads properly parked is not
likely to clog, and clean cycles don't 'blow through ink' unless it's
*really* clogged and requires more than one cycle.


Whenever I need to do a clean cycle on a printer, once is seldom enough.
Usually it's 3 or 4.


With mine not even a dozen.

I had to do what I saw doing the specialist at the ink shop.

First, clean the head nozzles with alcohol. I used ethanol, I don't know
what he used. Just put the cartridge upside down and put a drop of
alcohol there, and wait a minute or two.

Next, blow air with my mouth at the opposite end of the cartridge (in
this particular model, it worked, there was a tiny hole there, and the
ink was in a sponge inside).

And then, wipe the head with absorbent tissue paper.

At this point, just pressing the tissue to the head would produce a well
defined ink stain.

Finally, put the cartridge back and print a test pattern, a file I had
prepared. But the printer also had a pattern that would show all nozzles
working or not.

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Cheers, Carlos.
 




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