I've owned two Epson SC P6000 in then past seven years. They're good and can sit for a couple of weeks without issues. The ones in our print shop are used five days a week. That being said you will get three maybe four years tops with heavy use out of it.
I will have to see what you're doing before I could tell you how to go about it. I've read what you have here and it's pretty detailed.
From my understanding you are sticking with the OEM carts and refilling them. In turn you're trying to set up self resetting chips on those OEM carts, is...
Just wanted to show a new third party ink we started using in our print shop. It’s UV black light reactive inks and really glows nicely under black light.
Hello Steve.
Can you show pictures of what you're doing with these chips? I own three 3880/3800 printers. I've been using them with third party inks for over a decade and have the self resetting carts in them. I've read through your post but I'm a bit of a lost how you're going about what...
I can ship it direct through our Stamps account. It will take at least a couple of weeks to get to you since it will be First Class international shipping.
Hello!
I have had this problem for about two months now. I have two back up printers (Epson P6000 & P8000). So this was something I could work at when I got time.
I have been working with these printers for a little over ten years now. I'm pretty familiar with them and know something like...
I gave my Father in-law our old R3000 and he came into the same problem. His solution was to get a new chip for the cart in question which was the same cart you have an issue with (Photo Black).
He picked his up from Inkjet Mall, https://shop.inkjetmall.com/Shop-By-Printer/Accessories-R3000/...
4/1/19 UPDATE: SOLD.
This Epson Stylus Pro has been well used within our print shop. 16,000 plus prints on it and the Yellow Channel has been a issue for the past 6000 prints. I have been able to get it back with a line cleaner from American Inkjet Systems...
Nigel,
How many prints total do you have on your 3800? How many years have you had it?
I don't think you need to soak the head anymore, honestly. I have done that soaking head and it never helped.
I know that frustration, I have been there so many times. Had printers taken apart all the...
Nigel,
As far as burning out the head by using purge sheets. I have also read this and have been worried about the same thing happening. I used the purge sheet after I did three power cleansing (usually gets the line fill with the cleaner), but it was used after I filled the line, damper...
Attached is the original purge color sheet I received set for a Epson printer that utilizes VLM and LC. I found the VM color swatch on this was actually using Cyan as well (I had a magenta channel that was completely clogged and when I did a purge sheet I was getting cyan printed). The purge...
Nigel,
Both of what W.Fisher and Stormlight commented is exactly the steps to take to getting your printer back to working condition.
I see you're in the United Kingdom. Reason I bring this up is I want to highly recommend this product from American Inkjet Systems...
It looks good from what I'm seeing. You don't have to get it back to the pristine white that it was before ink was introduced, but just have to let the cleaner sit and de solve the pigments in the pads. Did you clean around the capping station (the rubber that is surrounding the pads? If not...