Unclogging printer

In article <1155748137.121962.308430.DeleteThis@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
bjaynes.DeleteThis@montanaport.net wrote:

> Hello,
> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
> pursuing?
> Bill

No. Printers are a dime a dozen. You've probably already spent more
money in printer ink to do those cleanings than it would to buy a new
printer!
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bjaynes.DeleteThis@montanaport.net wrote:
> Hello,
> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
> pursuing?
> Bill

Might be worth trying
1) damp cloth underneath the heads, overnight sometimes works
2) Cleaning head with alcohol
3) Calling Epson and see what a head replacement would cost, if it is
less than $200 I'd do it.

Tom
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:00:34 -0400, Shawn Hirn <srhi.RemoveThis@comcast.net>
wrote:

>In article <1155748137.121962.308430.RemoveThis@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> bjaynes.RemoveThis@montanaport.net wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
>> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
>> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
>> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
>> pursuing?
>> Bill
>
>No. Printers are a dime a dozen. You've probably already spent more
>money in printer ink to do those cleanings than it would to buy a new
>printer!

Not for a 2200.
They are over $600!
One of those dime-a-dozen printers won't quite match a 2200's output.
--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"
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<bjaynes.DeleteThis@montanaport.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
> pursuing?
> Bill
>
We recent experience with a Canon S800, which is a similar construction
would suggest not! It looked like it had be fixed but can't do an entire
A4 - gets 75% through a perfect print and the cops out!! More expense
damnit!

Roger
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bjaynes.RemoveThis@montanaport.net wrote:
> Hello,
> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
> pursuing?
> Bill

As a last change, try manually cleaning with alcohol. Can't hurt, the
printer is toast anyway.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit
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bjaynes.RemoveThis@montanaport.net wrote:
> Hello,
> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
> pursuing?
> Bill
>
It should be an excellent printer - especially on matte and fine art papers.

Have cross-posted this to comp.periphs.printers

There is a regular contributor to that group - Arthur Entlich - who has
detailed instructions on cleaning heads on (Epson) printers.
IIRC you need to email him at e-printerhelp (at) mvps.org and he will
send instructions by return email.

However, he posted on 15/8/06:
"To try to avoid frustration some feel when they email me and I do reply
as soon as they believe it should, I wanted to supply a heads up, that I
will be unable to respond to email or on line questions for about a week
from today. As soon as I again have access to my email, I will slowly
try to respond to the requests I received.

Sorry for any inconvenience this causes

Art. "

I suggest that you wait a few days and then send him an email.
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frederick wrote:

> bjaynes DeleteThis @montanaport.net wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
>> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
>> check pattern despite many cleanings.
>

that is why the owner donated it;

>> I suppose it is clogged; status
>> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
>> pursuing?
>> Bill
>>
> It should be an excellent printer - especially on matte and fine art
> papers.
>
> Have cross-posted this to comp.periphs.printers
>
> There is a regular contributor to that group - Arthur Entlich - who
> has detailed instructions on cleaning heads on (Epson) printers.
> IIRC you need to email him at e-printerhelp (at) mvps.org and he will
> send instructions by return email.
>
> However, he posted on 15/8/06:
> "To try to avoid frustration some feel when they email me and I do
> reply as soon as they believe it should, I wanted to supply a heads
> up, that I will be unable to respond to email or on line questions for
> about a week from today. As soon as I again have access to my email,
> I will slowly try to respond to the requests I received.
>
> Sorry for any inconvenience this causes
>
> Art. "
>
> I suggest that you wait a few days and then send him an email.
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<bjaynes RemoveThis @montanaport.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
> pursuing?
> Bill
>
I had the Epson 820 photo with 6 inks. Produced beautiful prints, but I had
to waste half the ink in cleaning (yes I turned it off at its own power
switch). I had to remove two screws and two sets of ribbon cable to pull the
head out. Soaked a rag in alcohal and wipped down the head. Put it back in
and ran a couple more cleanings and it was fine - until the next time!

I got mad one day and pitched it in the trash. I haven't regretted that yet.
John
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measekite wrote:
>
>
> frederick wrote:
>
>> bjaynes RemoveThis @montanaport.net wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
>>> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
>>> check pattern despite many cleanings.
>>
>
> that is why the owner donated it;
>
Good thinking measekite - true genius.
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:18:41 +1200, frederick <lost RemoveThis @sea.com> wrote in
<news:1155766504.144089@ftpsrv1>:

> measekite wrote:
>>
>> frederick wrote:
>>
>>> bjaynes RemoveThis @montanaport.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
>>>> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
>>>> check pattern despite many cleanings.
>>>
>>
>> that is why the owner donated it;
>>
> Good thinking measekite - true genius.

for a perambulating, pigeon-toed pea-brain.
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What printer do you use now? I'm waiting for the day my current Epson's
nozzles clog to find a different printer.

Judy

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> <bjaynes.RemoveThis@montanaport.net> wrote in message
> news:1155748137.121962.308430@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Hello,
>> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
>> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
>> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
>> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
>> pursuing?
>> Bill
>>
> I had the Epson 820 photo with 6 inks. Produced beautiful prints, but I
> had to waste half the ink in cleaning (yes I turned it off at its own
> power switch). I had to remove two screws and two sets of ribbon cable to
> pull the head out. Soaked a rag in alcohal and wipped down the head. Put
> it back in and ran a couple more cleanings and it was fine - until the
> next time!
>
> I got mad one day and pitched it in the trash. I haven't regretted that
> yet.
> John
>
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bjaynes.RemoveThis@montanaport.net wrote:
> Hello,
> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> check pattern despite many cleanings. I suppose it is clogged; status
> monitor says all the carts are above 20% full. Is this something worth
> pursuing?
> Bill
>
I'm not familiar with the Epson. I had a Lexmark and had limited success
by soaking the head in a pool of ammonia solution (use a jar cover or
empty jar). I found this such a pain compared to my laser printer that I
chucked the ink jet and upload images to an on-line service. Laser
printers run for ever and I can live without color.
Dave Cohen
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In article <sRLEg.1328$q63.1072@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,

> frederick wrote:
>
> > bjaynes.RemoveThis@montanaport.net wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> Someone has donated an Epson 2200 that has been out of use for quite a
> >> while maybe a year or more. I can't get it to produce a good nozzle
> >> check pattern despite many cleanings.
> >
That complete moron inkystinky.RemoveThis@oem.com says...
> that is why the owner donated it;
>
Thank you for that helpful insight, we all had assumed he donated it
because it was working so well he couldn't stand it!
I'm sure your feedback will help the new owner get it working. It's
helpful people like you that make a community like this work!
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