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Subject: Re: HELP request: Ink refills for ink jet printers for Amiga
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Date: 5 Sep 90 08:02:42 GMT
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Reply-To: vincelee@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Vincent H. Lee)
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>I hope, unintended). As for Dr. P. H. Martin's Transparent Watercolours
>in colours of black, cadmium yellow, magenta, and turquoise. Their inks
>are actually better in a C150 than Xerox's. (I've had to clean much less
>often using theirs than using "real C150 ink" from Xerox.)
>>2. Is there a cleaning procedure that I can apply regularly (say just before I
>>   squirt in new ink) that will keep the cartridges from getting clogged?
>     You can clean the jets on a regular basis using techneiques described
>in the manual. Do so; it does help. Question: did you get the printhead
>cleaning kit with the printer? If you didn't, and you can't get it from
>the seller, you'll have to order a new one from Xerox. Same commentary with
>the manual - you _will_ need it. Netmail me for details if you need them.
From: vincelee@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Vincent H. Lee)
Path: tornado.Berkeley.EDU!vincelee

Be CAUTIOUS HERE!!!!

PH martins watercolors are not printing inks but watercolor paint particles
suspended in water.  Thus, they WILL CLOG up your printer if you are not
very careful to clean out all the ink from your printer every time you
use it.  The Xerox 4020 has an automatic cleaning cycle, but I don't think
the Diablo C150 did--one reason the model is discontinued.  

By the way, I got my PH Martins watercolors from a local art supply store
(you should find them in any ones) for about 3 bucks a bottle.  I used
Lemon Yellow, Wild Rose, Turquoise blue, and black, which matches the 
HP paintjet colors and gives truer blues at the expense of green when 
compared to xerox colors, which gives better greens but purplish blues.

-Vince