Thanks for the advice fellas. Many years ago I had an epson photo printer that you could print directly onto dvds and cds. The picture quality on glossy paper was tersific but it eventually failed on me. Remember the ink cartridges could be bought for under a £5 a set. At the local computer fair guys would sell the printers with compatible ink cartridges and take the epson ones out of the box and sell them as they were worth more than the printer! How daft is that. Don't do much printing just the odd document or picture so not a heavy user. I'm told the longer you leave printing the heads dry oput and ink cllogs. I've cleaned the print heads in my clone canon cartridges but the printing is awful still and I'm fed up of wasting time and cash on bottles of ink.
I'm wondering if the actual sponge pads in the printer could be clogged up but don't know how to fix them? Thanks again for all your advice and help chaps.
Yes mate was thinking that, I like to see clear black printing on my white paper when doing letters or spreadsheets.
Was reading up on the epson expression home xp-2105 which Argos list at £39.99 but have no stock left. Some cheeky cnut on ebay has bought em all and wants £80 a pop!