Re: 3000 symptoms

[Tyler Boley <tyler@tylerboley.com>]

I hate to tell you this Ursula, your heads may be dying. I had this same
problem, and the smudging was oddly related to adjacent image content.
Look at your smudges with a loup, if they are actually made of tiny dots
the printer is putting dots out there that should be in the image area.
For mine it required some head replacements. No amount of cleaning, even
under the heads, had any effect.
Hope yours is not the same problem, but I really doubt it's the ink.
Tyler
> 
> My 3000 has some weird symptoms:
> 
> Even though  the nozzle check is ok  - the red does not print, instead I get
> very light smudging on the white border. I cleaned the print heads but
> nothing is changed.
> 
> I was pretty sure I needed to have the print heads replaced, but now am
> wondering if this problem might be due to old ink (Lysonic E)?  I bought it
> in bulk some time ago and it was at least (they said) one year old then. So
> I may be using the last of 3 yr. old ink!
> 
> The service center needs the carts with the ink in it as they don't have any
> for the 3000. Would it be better to buy all knew carts BEFORE taking it for
> repair? I am planning to get Fotonic ink in this time.
> 
> But then again I hate to invest in new ink and then find out the printer is
> beyond repair.
> 
> Ursula Freer
> http://ursulafreer.com
>
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