Topic: The dirty little secret of inkjet printers

[Clive]

http://www.atomicshrimp.com/st/content/inkjet_printer

[Rik]

Epsons are amongst the worst, Clive.

[Simon]

Hmm... why would all the ink in the 'waste reservoir' be black?  For all we know, that could just have been a fault with his printer.   

[Clive]

Epsons are amongst the worst, Clive.

Yes, I've owned two and had that message on both.  I'm hoping my £39 laser printer will last longer. 

[TR]

Like you Clive, had 2 myself.

Now have a Laser jet for doing mundane work and a Canon IP4300 for doing Photo's.

I did open up the epson to see why it came up with the messages after googling the said problem and as the Pictures show my sponge was caked in ink  found out that if you take out the little pipe from the back of the printer and clean it out ..the messages stop  but be aware make sure the pipe doesn't flap about or you might get ink all over your desk top 


Si, all that black ink is a mixture of all the colours put together ....  with the black being the dominant colour it tars all the other colours.