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From: space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org (Lars Soltau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DeskJet Plus
Summary: Not as bad with the HP DeskJet!
Message-ID: <658@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org>
Date: 16 Jul 90 19:20:54 GMT
References: <3486@crash.cts.com> <15638@s.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org (Lars Soltau)
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In article <15638@s.ms.uky.edu> phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) writes:
>In article <3486@crash.cts.com> davemad@pnet01.cts.com (Dave Madsen) writes:
>>As for injecting your own ink, can you also use India ink or
>>Calligrapher's ink?  I have a lot of that laying around just itching to
>>be used.  It is also waterproof.
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^
>     Nononononononononononononononononononono! Bad bad bad! Verrrrrry bad!
>     You _must_ use water-soluable ink with inkjets, otherwise the small
>amount of drying you get each time you turn the printer off for a few hours
>(or days, or whatever) will _permanently_ clog the jets and probably the
>ink propulsion mechanism as well. This is what we in "the bidnez" :-) call
>a "Bad Thing." It's what Xerox calls a $350 repair (that's how much it would
>cost to replace the mechanism on the C150 colour inkjet, one of which I own).

While I can not comment on using waterproof ink with the DeskJets, it is not
that big a problem if the jets get clogged because every ink cartridge has its
own jets.

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