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Bob,
That is one of the major design differences between Epson and HP. HP puts
the entire print head in the cartridge. It makes the cartridge more
expensive, but cleaning/repairing are much cheaper.
I have cleared gummed up HP cartridges by soaking the head in alcohol for a
minute or so. You might be able to clean your jets with a Q-tip and
alcohol. Be you risk leaving lint/fuzz. An electronics supply house should
have lintless cleaning swabs.
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: bob raikes <[log in to unmask]>
> I have an Epson Stylus 500 inkjet that sat unused a few months with
cartridges that were already pretty old. Now it won't print yellow, altho
the cartridge seems to have wet ink in it. I tried a number of cleaning
cycles and printed a number of pages of text in yellow, to no avail. If I'm
correct that the ink has gummed up between the cartridge mount and the jets,
is there a way to clean it out? I'm reasonably good mechanically but not at
fine eye/hand stuff.
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