I found two Epson R2400 inkjet printers at my university surplus. Both are showing a maintenance error (alternate flashing paper and ink LEDs) that based on my research are caused by full waste ink pads. I do not know the history of these printers and cannot determine the current state of the heads. I also expect that all the ink cartridges will need to be replaced. It would be nice to have a wide carriage printer but I could never justify the expense before stumbling onto these machines.
I have found that there is a third party reset utility called Epson SSC that can clear the error and the waste pad can be replaced without a trip into Epson service. However, I still am reluctant to spend close to $100 on ink if the printers are passed their useful lifetime or the heads are clogged and cannot be cleared. According to info on the 'net the "full" waste ink fault is triggered by the printer based on the number of cleaning cycles or the amount of ink run through the heads. Therefore, these printers probably have been used fairly heavily to get to this point. So I have a few questions for those of you that have used this printer and might have run into this issue. I am also curious what the opinions on whether it is worth buying ink to test out the printers. I know that having two units doubles the odds that one can be working but if these printers are not worth reviving I'd rather save the money. I would appreciate any first hand knowledge or advice, Perry. <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <----------------------------------------------------> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
