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I know with these printers its best to use them every day, or at least every few days, if I were only using it once a week, even to print a test page, would it be better to leave the printer powered off or leave it powered on? I also see that when I print it does charge the ink system, so it...

Hi guys, I have a 3880 that is having lots of issues with only the lower half of the nozzle check on every color. I originally had the famous issue of the matt black ink leaking, so I had the printer apart. I am wondering if I should run some cleaner through each of the head connections? I...

hey guys new question. I replaced both my black dampers, and now neither matte or photo black is printing anything from either black. Do I need to prime the dampers or anything? I have tried a power cleaning, and switching from photo to matt about 5 or 6 times.. I also tried running an auto...

Also does anyone know if there is a way to trick the printer to think the other cartridges (all the colors) are full, so that I can continue testing and fixing the black switch issue without throwing away hundreds of dollars of color ink when I am not ready to even buy it yet. I dont want to...

A Wulff, thank you so much for the information. How i just changed my ink switch valve and my MK ink is still leaking when i am in photo black mode. I think there is an issue with a damper or a seal. How do I actually clean the seals, and how can I tell if they are bad? Would some type of...