Problems installing own custom B&W inks in epson r2400

[MSG]

ok, thanks to both.
Seems like you are right,... still trying to find a solution or,ffff.... i don´t know really what to do.

I guess i will try to open the whole printhead piece and see if it´s posible to do anything, but no... it doesn´t look good.

 

[MSG]

Thanks guys.

Still trying to find a solution... Probably you already know but the issue i had seems to be called "delaminated" print head and i have heard already lot of very very similar cases. Apparently some of the ways and liquids for make "manual flush cleaning" of the nozzles can gradually damage the "glue" that supports the piece of of the bottom. Don´t know the technichal name for it, but it kind of a layer that mainly works as a net that makes the liquid or ink as a flush. Hope i m being understandable.
I was in panic when i was starting to think that the printer cannot be fixed, and everywhere and everyone was mentioning that it is a dramatic problem, and cannot be fixed.

Then i found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThuGru0BE4A
In the video you can see, even if it´s not that clear, how to asemble again the printhead with the part "laminated" glued on the print head.

So i dismount again the printhead, i took out all the pieces and started form 0.

Once i dismounted the printhead, i was able to see directly how bad the state of the nozzles was. I managed in this way to "unblock" tth nozzles completely though a small pistol of "steam". Now i was able to clean them properly cause preasure it´s not an issue once the printhead is disembled.
And with that first part already unblock (that is the cheaper of the problems cause that plastic part with the channel heads can be bought for small money. That´s not the case of the whole printhead, that it´s extremely expensive.

Anyway.... after seen that video with the chinese technician fixing the laminated problem i went with the whole printhead to a friend that works fixing movile phones. We´ve been checking the video together and ckeching the parts of the printhead with one of his microscope, doesn´t seems imposible or that difficult to try to glue it by ourselves.... at least there´s nothing to loose anymore.

Right now, and for kepp on going forwards,... my main doubt (my friend is also a bit lost regarding of this) is about the TYPE OF GLUE that we should use....¿ Any idea or advice regarding of this ?
Tomorrow or the day after i will try to post some pictures of the whole adventure i case someone is interested or someone can get some help from it.

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

TYPE OF GLUE that we should use

I don't know since that is not a normal repair procedure , but you should be able to answer some questions -
is the glue a kind of elastic/soft or hard - what are the parts the glue is holding toghether - metal to metal - or plastic to metal ? This may help to select the correct glue.

 

[thedeazy]

Thanks guys.

Still trying to find a solution... Probably you already know but the issue i had seems to be called "delaminated" print head and i have heard already lot of very very similar cases. Apparently some of the ways and liquids for make "manual flush cleaning" of the nozzles can gradually damage the "glue" that supports the piece of of the bottom. Don´t know the technichal name for it, but it kind of a layer that mainly works as a net that makes the liquid or ink as a flush. Hope i m being understandable.
I was in panic when i was starting to think that the printer cannot be fixed, and everywhere and everyone was mentioning that it is a dramatic problem, and cannot be fixed.

Then i found this video:

In the video you can see, even if it´s not that clear, how to asemble again the printhead with the part "laminated" glued on the print head.

So i dismount again the printhead, i took out all the pieces and started form 0.

Once i dismounted the printhead, i was able to see directly how bad the state of the nozzles was. I managed in this way to "unblock" tth nozzles completely though a small pistol of "steam". Now i was able to clean them properly cause preasure it´s not an issue once the printhead is disembled.
And with that first part already unblock (that is the cheaper of the problems cause that plastic part with the channel heads can be bought for small money. That´s not the case of the whole printhead, that it´s extremely expensive.

Anyway.... after seen that video with the chinese technician fixing the laminated problem i went with the whole printhead to a friend that works fixing movile phones. We´ve been checking the video together and ckeching the parts of the printhead with one of his microscope, doesn´t seems imposible or that difficult to try to glue it by ourselves.... at least there´s nothing to loose anymore.

Right now, and for kepp on going forwards,... my main doubt (my friend is also a bit lost regarding of this) is about the TYPE OF GLUE that we should use....¿ Any idea or advice regarding of this ?
Tomorrow or the day after i will try to post some pictures of the whole adventure i case someone is interested or someone can get some help from it.

Did you ever get around to doing this ?

 

[drfihl]

Hi MSG.
Patience is everything. Forcing ink trough the inlets will destroy the very delicate structure inside the printhead. I have been there.
Insted i suggest trying to buy a set of cheap third party cartridge and print a purge file. I have attached a file. You could als try to print through QTR which is the intended printer driver for Paul Roark B&W ink. Use the third party inksetset. Printing the calibration file in qtr file will give you a pretty good idea of where the problem is.

BTW. I have a 2400 i am going to use with Paul Roark B&W ink.