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Hi and sorry I've not been on the forum for absolutely ages! Some good info shared after I finished my lengthy rambling, thank you. My printer ended up being perfectly usable despite the dodgy nozzle check results. Since then, we've all been through the pandemic, and I've also moved home...

Thankyou, both. I'm arriving at the same conclusion, namely to just get on and use it. That's very helpful feedback Andreas, appreciated. One outstanding question I do have relates to the inkset I should use in the future. I was intending to switch across to some cheaper inks (Lyson, from the...

Thanks again... I've run this off (just a single copy for now), on standard a4 inkjet paper. I've photographed the output, along with a close up of the magenta output. I am thinking that just using the printer will be the best course of action, I'm not an expert in this regard, but I cannot see...

Thank you. Well, finally sourced some light magenta. Ran a cleaning cycle, then a nozzle check. So, after having done all of that maintenance, I appear to have improved the situation from 12 gaps in the nozzle check, to 10 gaps in the nozzle check. I'm a fairly tenacious person, however I must...

OK, well I guess if anyone is still following this they deserve a medal... welcome back :) Warning: long post, and lots of pictures. If you recall, I started off with an incomplete nozzle check, which looked like this: And having soaked the head, and line with cleaning solution for weeks(!)...

Well, having had the magenta line soaking in the cleaning solution for weeks, I finally changed the cleaning cart out for a full epson magenta cartridge. The ink came through after purging with the purge image, thereby proving that the nozzle wasn’t completely blocked. I conclude that the...

I'm back onto this after a long hiatus. I did end up buying a cheap UV torch, which showed nothing of interest on the previous test prints. It occurs to me that maybe next test should just be to put a new magenta cartridge in, and print the purge images off until it comes through (or not). This...

Quick update, for your entertainment. Snatched a bit of time to add lots more more dye to the cleaning cart. Took the opportunity to empty it out completely and then refill, and to “prime” using the technique shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvrjjF-Gdf8 I definitely did *not* do the...

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Not had chance to move this forward this weekend, but a thought (and question) did occur to me, and it was regarding when I initially filled the cleaning cartridge. Here are the instructions I received when I bought the cartridges (from Marrutt) they assume...

Well, I thank you all for your help and feedback, very much appreciated! So, as a plan, it sounds as though increasing the concentration of the dye in the magenta cleaning cartridge would be the first thing to try, as that's fairly straightforward to do. I guess I will need to run more purge...

Ha, identical nozzle check following a power clean from the printer. So no progress on the main issue. So next step? Assuming the magenta *is* actually coming through, then I can’t tell if the cleaning solution has sorted it or not. I suppose I could put the original magenta back in, and print...

OK, so would appreciate some suggestions now, as this is where I am at: 1. Capping station etc cleaned 2. Magenta cartridge filled with cleaning solution (dyed) 3. Nozzle check gives the following result, which is same as last check. Now, there are a couple of things I’m a bit confused...

Well, it’s all back together again, so I will now need to decide how best to test things... might be a good point to stop!

Sorted. These literally are tubes wound round and drain from the foam caps to the maintenance tank. Pushing from the other end certainly was the easiest way to get a decent flush through at volume. I’ve put 30ml through each tube until it was running clear out the other end. Stations are...

Okay, let’s go from the other end... and push/pull some cleaning fluid through.

Hmmm... not the most promising of starts, confirms a problem as it’s not draining very quickly? I need to read up about how this is supposed to drain...

Blade cleaned up a bit. Now intend to flush more fluid through the foam caps and see what happens with the pipework underneath

Ok, let’s do some more cleaning. The wiper blade is looking mucky again despite me having cleaned it when it was in situ. Probably overkill for this job, but am using “pec pads” which I use to clean the sensor on my camera. Pharmacist solution.

Might as well photo this as I go along. When I mess something up it can act as a cautionary tale :) Let’s have a look underneath...

OK, so I’ve read up in the service manual about adjustments. All that seems to be required is if you replace the pump motor then you need to reset a counter. I’m not intending to replace anything, so that doesn’t sound too troublesome. Onwards...