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Yes I have done that as well, although not Windex but printer head cleaner. It disappears/drains out in a second or two.

I thought about that as well and I have checked the maitaince station/pad on the far right. It looks ok lacking any dried ink around the edge that would prevent a good seal. I cleaned around the edges anyway, but it hasn't solved the problem. The pad looks good as well and I cleaned it (also...

Well the thing is it DOES print properly (almost perfect) until I do a cleaning cycle or IT does one as they will at certain points no matter what you do (power on after a certain period of time off for example). That is the odd part I am trying to figure out. Why it is good (almost perfect...

Well if that were the case, it wouldn't print the colors at all, instead of working almost perfect when I first start it after being off for about 24 hours (although I haven't tried it after a few hours). But once I run a cleaning/maintenance cycle most of the colors disappear in the nozzle...

Yes it is good enough for what I do these days. I did bring it back from the brink, although it is still a little cranky if I do a cleaning/maintenance cycle.

Yes I did prime them, more than once as I thought perhaps I missed some air the first time around. It is a mystery for sure. And now black is perfect when I do a nozzle check first thing, and most of the colors do last past one cleaning cycle except for cyan. Light cyan is there but still...

The cartridges are not a new design, they have been around since 2012 at least, and likely earlier. The ones I have are brand new and I got them from Inkjetcarts.us They do have a spring valve at the bottom. They have a seperate filling and air hole for each color chamber and baffling...

Well these are new spongeless refillable carts. I replaced the OEM carts with these and I think those carts were too old and that is what started all the issues (bad OEM carts/dried out ink etc). I agree it is impeded, but I do not know why. Unless the wiper is not working and it leaving a...

Sadly I can't at the moment. I will see if I can get one done later. But I don't know how more explicit I can be. From almost perfect nozzle check to only 3 or 4 spots/nozzle's on black working and less on light magenta with the rest of the colors (yellow, cyan, light cyan, magenta) being...

Ok the basic problem I have right now with my 1280 is this: First thing in the morning if I run a nozzle check I have only 2 jets missing on black and 4 or 5 missing on light magenta, the rest are perfect. I can print test chart after test chart without problems. BUT if I run a cleaning cycle...

Yes I think you were lucky. And I am surprised the same program doesn't work for all the 12xx models (1270,80,90)? I know the service manual I have covers 3 models (890,1280,1290). I didn't think the 1270 was much different than the 1280. Very interesting thread btw, thanks for linking it...

Well I have looked on youtube but didn't find anything for these carts except for one video showing poking holes in the top and sticking in a long needle ink bottle in and letting the ink drain in that way. Although It didn't look like it put much ink into the cartridge. Tons of refill...

I still have a 1280 and I am about out of cartridges. For a long time I have only used OEM and of course Epson stopped making them a bit ago. What do you use for carts? Do you refill the OEM, get manufactured, or get the refillable ones I see around without sponges? Any suggestions? If I...