I have an HP-882c..and tried generic..I can use black but the color cart. won't work for some reason. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:32 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Printer and ink problems > I don't know - but I have an hp - and it voids a warrenty - not that they would know you did that I don't think - > I was going to try the re-fills - but chickened out. It said certain parts can break because of it. Figured it wasn't worth it - will be interested in seeing what everyone knows! > CrisS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: SandiBeach > To: pctechtalk > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:04 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Printer and ink problems > > I have a fairly new Epson Stylus Photo 825 printer. It devours ink but I > have stuck to the genuine Epson cartridges until a few days ago. I ordered > and installed a compatible ink cartridge from Max Patch. I have never used > Max Patch before but they had a very good promotional deal going on. I have > used compatible inks from the Ink Farm and from Carrot Ink and had no > problems at all with my Epson 640. > This time I thought I had made a major blunder as I had been printing photos > and with the new ink cartridge they did not do well at all. I ran the > nozzle check and then the cleaner and did that 4 or 5 times. Let it set > overnight and next morning the nozzle check came out good and I have been > able to print pictures again with good results. One came out a bit off but > running the cleaner again made it o.k. The cleanings do use a lot of ink, > as do the printing of photos, so the color cartridge is rapidly running low. > My question to you all is this. I notice ink in the interior after all this > cleaning and have sopped up some with Kleenex. Wondering if I am causing > long range problems with the printer itself? And wondering if it is o.k. to > take a Q-tip and alcohol and do a better clean up job? If I do this are > there areas I need to avoid? Or should I totally ignore the ink that I see > in there? > Sure would appreciate advise from all you knowledgeable people out there. > Sandi > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk