Posted by Ian Mason on January 11, 2010 at 8:17 AM
Grrrr! I have spent £90 + vat for a call out to my epson R2400, only to be told it will cost another £300 to replace the printer heads (and maybe other bits)! They told me it would be more economical to replace it, so I have ordered a replacement. However, I have read that it is possible to clean the heads (other than the standard way with the printer utility, which failed). If so, I could give the printer to my son who would spend more time on it than I would. Does anyone have experience of doing this?
Posted by John Robinson on January 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Ian
I had the same problem and this is what I did.
Get some Isopropyl alcohohol from a chemist. get a small hypo syringe and cut the thin end off flush with the barrel. Move the printer heads to the replace position and take the cartridges out You shoud see 4 head injection points. Push the syringe over the top and push down slightly. Give it a squirt. Leave it over night and then do a test clean.
If you can't get the syringe on try painting some fluid on with a paint brush
It worked with mine. I am not saying do it ! But you can't loose a lot
Cheers
John
If you google it there are quite a few so called remedies.
Posted by Peter Barritt on January 11, 2010 at 2:09 PM
were you using genuine epson inks in it? I bought some "genuine" epson cartridges off eBay a few years back and they knackered two printers. The guy had the balls to refuse to refund me and Ebay weren't interested either. Even PC world has been duped before now apparently.
You could buy cleaning cartridges on internet at one time. SInce using genuine epson inks (from MX2) I've not had any problems with blocked heads despite using it infrequently. Suspect it's cheaper not to have a photo printer at all, although it is nice to have full control over the end result.
Bad luck.
Peter
Posted by Ian Mason on January 11, 2010 at 3:23 PM
Peter
were you using genuine epson inks in it?
Yes, always from warehouse express.
John
I had read a little about that technique and it's great to get positive feedback. Equally annoying thing is I had just bought a whole new set of cartridges for the old one and they are not compatible with the new one
Discussion
3 repliesIan
I had the same problem and this is what I did.
Get some Isopropyl alcohohol from a chemist. get a small hypo syringe and cut the thin end off flush with the barrel. Move the printer heads to the replace position and take the cartridges out You shoud see 4 head injection points. Push the syringe over the top and push down slightly. Give it a squirt. Leave it over night and then do a test clean.
If you can't get the syringe on try painting some fluid on with a paint brush
It worked with mine. I am not saying do it ! But you can't loose a lot
Cheers
John
If you google it there are quite a few so called remedies.
You could buy cleaning cartridges on internet at one time. SInce using genuine epson inks (from MX2) I've not had any problems with blocked heads despite using it infrequently. Suspect it's cheaper not to have a photo printer at all, although it is nice to have full control over the end result.
Bad luck.
Peter
Yes, always from warehouse express.
John
I had read a little about that technique and it's great to get positive feedback. Equally annoying thing is I had just bought a whole new set of cartridges for the old one and they are not compatible with the new one