Keep your capping station CLEAN!

[crenedecotret]

Hi everyone, I know this has been discussed before in the forum, but a reminder is always useful.

I got my first head clog on an Epson R2000 printer. I try one clean + nozzle check... worse... another one... worse again! I decide not to run a third clean. I turn it off and let it sit overnight. No improvement.

That's when I decided to simply clean the parking pad. This probably should have been step one before even running a first head clean. I pressed the ink change button to release the head and unplugged the power. Dropped a few MLs of distilled water to soak up the parking pads and then used paper towels to absorb the ink.

Plug the printer back in, run a single head clean.. nozzle check... voila. good as new.

 

[The Hat]

There are so many guys that never give the capping station a second taught, and even after some print issue crops up it still never enters their head that it just might be a poorly maintained capping station that's actually causing the whole problem. (Purge unit)

It’s good that you highlighted this issue again because that area of everyone’s printer needs to be discussed more and how it plays such a big part in the day to day printing operations, what's wrong with giving the capping station a monthly bath and clean up, including the wiper blades..