Epson Stylus Photo 830 Printer - Excessive Head Cleaning

I don't use my printer on a regular basis but when I need to print something
the results are turning out all pink/red or green. So I run the head
cleaning utility over and over and by the time I get it to print properly
I've used up a quarter of my ink. The next time I want to print something, I
have to go through the same rigmarole. Years ago I had a really basic Epson
colour printer that you could leave inactive for months and it would still
print perfectly. I wrote to Epson stating my problem and included that I use
genuine Epson ink cartridges and all I got was a reply saying that I should
use genuine Epson ink cartridges and also that the head cleaning process
uses a tiny amount of ink. Not when you have to run it 30-40 times buddy!!

I don't know if there is an answer to my problem other then using the
printer everyday, but if there isn't, should I maybe go back to a more basic
colour printer? If so, what would you recommend? I don't really need it for
printing photos, just the occasional web page.

Cheers.

Si

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me then a frontal lobotomy.

Hi,

I can easily empathize and understand your situation. I take care of more
than 60 epson inkjets at our school. Epsons run the best when they're used a
lot and not sitting around.
Most likely the best printer for your needs is an HP since it has heads
on each individual cartridge. Though they don't give the very best photos
they do give very good ones and excellent text. Canon is also a possible
choice, but you're in the same situation of print heads as with Epson and
they too are prone to clogging. Avoid Lexmark like accepting a virus.
Although their cartridges have new heads I've found their innards to already
be set for the trash bin (IMHO).

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> I don't use my printer on a regular basis but when I need to print
> something
> the results are turning out all pink/red or green. So I run the head
> cleaning utility over and over and by the time I get it to print properly
> I've used up a quarter of my ink. The next time I want to print something,
> I
> have to go through the same rigmarole. Years ago I had a really basic
> Epson
> colour printer that you could leave inactive for months and it would still
> print perfectly. I wrote to Epson stating my problem and included that I
> use
> genuine Epson ink cartridges and all I got was a reply saying that I
> should
> use genuine Epson ink cartridges and also that the head cleaning process
> uses a tiny amount of ink. Not when you have to run it 30-40 times buddy!!
>
> I don't know if there is an answer to my problem other then using the
> printer everyday, but if there isn't, should I maybe go back to a more
> basic
> colour printer? If so, what would you recommend? I don't really need it
> for
> printing photos, just the occasional web page.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Si
>
> --
> I'd rather have a bottle in front of me then a frontal lobotomy.
>