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Probably not wise... Canon inks need to be able to thermally expand when heated by the nozzles heating element to form a bubble that both bursts (to jet the ink on to the page) and dissipates the heat in the element. Epson inks are not formulated to do that so you'd likely stress the elements...

Just to add that when it comes to fading on pigments, I remember a time when early compatible pigments for the Epson K1 and K2 ink sets were known to have fading issues, particularly with regards to uneven fade resistance when some colours would fade far quicker than others. It still took years...

Yeah, Canon haven't incorporated a one way valve into their design which is a bit annoying. Was just about to suggest that last. I used that approach on a G4511 but as it doesn't have a maintenance/ship clamp I used some plastic forceps to crimp the tubes. Was able to remove the black printhead...

The thing with the air ingestion is that if air is getting in it's because there's an air leak somewhere between the printhead and the reservoir ink outlet. It's incredibly unlikely that the issue is being caused by an air leak at the reservoir end and Occam's razor being a thing my bet is that...

It's almost certainly an old and low end SX/XP Epson model with a dummied up front panel. Probably works better than some of them too... :tongue

More of an observation than concrete advise but I noticed that the ink connection system between the lid/tube-feed and the printhead tops was potentially prone to problems caused by lint, dust and other detritus getting into the connection point and creating an air channel that reduces ink flow...

I'm inclined to go with @The Hat on this one but it'd be a WAG (Wild Asses Guess) so don't put too much stock on that opinion. As to the original White ink issue I'd put money on the fact that it's white ink being a congealed horrible mess to work with. I'm basing that on various conversations...

Of course my space is organised and clean... I mean... :gig Thanks for the feedback... It does actually help... ironically we've only sold the one kit but it's early days. There can't be too many G5000 series printer owners who've hit the waste ink issue yet. Cheque's in the post... (counting...

You haven't taken the sledgehammer out of the room yet obviously...

Glad you found a solution. I was about to suggest there might be some air in the magenta pathway but it sounds like shenanigans was more than cause.. Bit sneaky if true mind.

Hmm... Thanks for the responses on these. Looking at your detailed replies I can see that my phrasing of my original question left a lot of leeway for interpretation so I need to redirect a little and refocus that question to be a bit more specific. Not to say the replies haven't been...

Platen pad replacement has been a think ever since the earliest days of borderless printing in larger format printers like the R1800 and R2400 so there's definitely plenty of opportunity for both planning and resources so respectfully, Epson themselves have no excuse. Service centre/tech...

As an aside, anyone who talks about fermenting used inks and paper in grannies basement to form a spreadable condiment will be soundly abused with Dad jokes so don't even think of it... :smack :gig

I've been noticing more and more reports of printers getting errored out with phantom paper jams that seem to be related to both poor printer design and just cr*p user handling so I'm looking to compile a list of root causes and potential solutions that aren't based on cloned YouTube/blog...

Agreed... Worth noting that the platen pad is still a problem for the maintenance box style of printer and one of my contacts rang me to say that Epson had quoted them £900 (about $1100 US) to replace and reset this on the SC-P900... :th ...I admit I died laughing at the absurdity of it all...

Just on this point, you are correct.. borderless printing will result in a service required call eventually... Takes quite a long time but if you can avoid it it's best.

Food for thought... In case it helps, I did tackle two printers over 10 years ago as a sort of "Is this worth it?" exercise, specifically the iP4000 and iP4200. Both required a lot of steps to disassemble the printer, lots of cables to disconnect and ultimately I found myself thinking that with...

You fell asleep didn't you... :\ *considers a new career in sleep therapy* :smack :he

Had a bit of a root around in the workshop recently and discovered two brand new printheads for the: IP4300 iP5200 iP5200R MP600 MP600R MP800 MP800R MP830 Part ref:QY6-0061 They are boxed, sealed and have been sat gathering dust for best part of a decade so there may be someone out there who...

I'm probably teaching grandma to suck eggs here (English idiom) but that implies that the vent system isn't working properly. I'd definitely be looking at that approach if you can manage it. Wonder what other goodies Epson has designed into their OEM carts to make that difficult though.