Re: Was: Making yourown flushing cartridges; JET DRY
Scott wrote:
...
> Do you think Jet-Dry would work as a surfactant? It has a nonionic
> chemical I believe is polyoxyethylene, which I also belive is the
> same as polyoxyethyl alcohol used in Photo-Flo 200.
>
> I bet Jet Dry would work at least as well as PF 200.
>
I don't know. I suspect there are a number of these that will work in
the older printers. The 1.5 pl printers may be more difficult to get
to print smoothly.
I used Photo Flo in the first C6 iteration because many of us have it,
and I thought people might be more accepting of a chemical that has
been used in the field for many years.
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