Re: LaserJet 4L

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telusdo.tnet>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> Apparently the rule for Epson's is:  print something at least once
> a week, whether you need it or not.
>
> The worst thing for any inkjet is to sit idle, with some inks
> and jets being easier to clog than others.

I've been using Epson inkjets for about 7 years. My first one for
almost 6 years. At that point I changed to a computer without a
serial or parallel port. Needing a printer urgently I grabbed a
Lexmark. I used the Lexmark for about 8 months when it died.
Shortly before it died I was able to swap my old Epson for a
similar one with an ethernet port. Since eternet looks likely to
be here for quite a while I expect to be using the Epson for quite
a while. One of the reasons I like Epsons is that darn near every
Apple II program that prints will print to an Epson printer.

Clogged jets? Well, I try to print something every month, usually I
do that anyways. I did have clogged jets a few years back. As it
happened I  was almost out of ink at that point and ran out trying
to clean the head. I thought that since the ink is water based then
straight water would likely be better at cleaning the jets than the
ink. So I drilled the cartridge, filled it with water and went through
the cleaning cycle until the jets were clean.

Wayne