Dirty Heads - Epson 3000

["suzanne617" <sme@htcomp.net>]

Okay, with over 100,000 messages to wade through, I think I'm going to 
just ask my question and hope you all will forgive me if it's been 
covered before.

I have an Epson Stylus 3000 I'm using with a Mac PowerPC 9600. My 
printouts showed the typical indication that the heads needed to be 
cleaned. I ran the Nozzle Check and Head Cleaning utilities about 10 
times but I'm still getting gaps in the test pattern as well as 
anything I print.

I strongly suspect that I have cat fur wedged down under the print 
head, if that's possible. (I have five cats and am not a very good 
housekeeper!) Is there anything I can do short of carrying the printer 
to a service center to be cleaned?

I seem to remember somewhere back in the dark, deep recesses of my mind 
hearing about a special paper that is used to clean print heads. Is 
this just wishful thinking, or does such a thing exist? Is there 
something else I might run through the printer to help loosen any cat 
fur (or whatever) that might be down there?

Thanks for your help,

Sue


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