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Day 102 ~ On the Fritz
A red light never indicates something positive. Combine one with a second red light and make them start flashing and you might as well declare Armageddon. My printer raised the proverbial white flag on day 102. It has shown signs of impending doom for quite a while now actually. For almost a year now, every color print that's spawned from this guy has looked like a study in what the world would look like without the color yellow. (In case you're wondering, everything looks very blue and cool-toned without the Y in CMYK). For the life of me, I have not been able to get the yellow print line unclogged, and I've blown through an ocean of the other ink colors trying. Every time I ran a print head cleaning cycle and test print, I'd wave goodbye to what seemed like at least a third of a cartridge of every ink color installed.
Well, we all know the saying, When life gives you lemons, make [blue-looking] lemonade [because your printer won't print yellow]. I made the best of it, and just used the printer for b&w utility printing, and everything was fine... until day 102. Now she (yes, all my gear has female personas) refuses to feed in any paper to print on. So. it's time to say so long, Epson Stylus Photo R800. I'd thank you for your service, but let's face it, it was short-lived and lacking. You made a great first impression, but had no follow-up. BTW, can anyone out there recommend a good mid-high end printer that does CD/DVD printing and good quality 8.5x11 printing? It can print larger, but that's not a requirement for me. Gracias. |