Igor... no personal experience but if you search YouTube you will find lots of videos and tutorials for unblocking Epson print heads and nozzles. This page outlines the steps: http://www.digitsmith.com/how-unclog-epson-3000-print-heads-11772.html This video is helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GPNmUIQR6k
See also: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1668672/fixing-clogged-epson-print-heads.html Buying a new printer (or even a print head) every time you have a clogged nozzle seems a bit a bit silly to me. While many videos promote a certain cleaning solution, it seems that glass cleaner (like Windex) that contains ammonia (sometimes with isopropyl alcohol added) does the trick for most people. Leaving a printer turned on all the time, is supposed to help prevent clogged print heads. Hope this helps. On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > My brother has Epson R3000 > Coincidentally just a couple days after my question here about my R2880, > my brother, who has an Epson R3000, asked me for an opinion. > After not using his printer for a few months, he turned it on and tried to > print, but even after running the head cleaning procedure several times, the > printer has problems. > The symptoms are as follows: > 1. In the nozzle pattern check, one line (or portion of) in the black block > is not printer, instead it shows over the yellow block. > 2. After printing a portion of a photo, the printer leaves a blot of ink. > > My guess (and I am judging without looking at it), is that most likely > the nozzles are blocked and that results in the ink finding its way out > when it doesn't get release through the proper nozzle. > But I have no idea why it would print black in a the yellow block. > > In any case, he took the printer to a nearby repair shop (recommended by > Epson, whatever that means), and the shop suggested that the printer head, > ink supply mechanism, and something else need to be replaced. They also > required a new set of ink cartridges for the installation and testing should > be either purchased from them or brought to them. > The cost of that combined is about 60% of a new printer. > > So, my brother is thinking about his options. > 1. He is not sure if this type of repair is reasonable. > > 2. If he were to buy a new printer, are there any new printers on the market > (besides Epson 3880) that provide quality printing? > He realized that he's never printed anything large with his printer. > He is typically using A4 (similar to US Letter) size as his largest size. > He likes the quality and consistency of R3000, but would consider a smaller > printer of a comparable quality. > Any recommendations? > > 3. Any thoughts about pigment (UltraChome K3) ink vs. dye ink? > > 4. And, finally specifically, has anybody had experience with > Epson Stylus Photo P50? > > Thank you! > > Igor > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
