Posts by Dennis Scott4

I had my suspicions about the ink too, but the exact same stuff works fine in my C43ux and DX4400. I even went out and bought a fresh batch of third-party ink, and it's the same story. Plus, you can barely find decent stock in stores anymore; everything on the shelves is long past its expiration date.
I know that after refilling a few times, that little sponge eventually gives up the ghost. It makes me wonder: does the printer still run okay if you pull that sponge out and just stick the cartridge back in?
Oh, and one more thing—how much are you guys charging for a black ink refill?

Hey there.
I’ve got an Epson CX3200 that’s seen better days—it's pretty old. Over the last six months or so, the black ink has started acting up, click for image. The colors are fine, and I’ve already tried running a head alignment and a deep cleaning cycle. My guess is the print head is just shot, but if anyone has a better idea on how to fix this, let me know. This machine has printed a massive amount of pages; I mostly use Orink replacement cartridges, and lately, I've been refilling them with Orink ink, much like my other printer (C43ux) which works perfectly fine.
I really don't want to junk it since it has a built-in scanner/copier and the printing costs are dirt cheap.