> On 06 March 2016 at 17:40 Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I tend to agree with you Mike. > With the prices at places like sharpprints.com I find it hard to > justify the expense of an inkjet. In many cases you are going to have > to gamble on $100 or more for a set of ink just to see what you've > got. I'm in that position right now with an old Epson R800. It was > given to me and I assume there will be heads clogged (which is why I'm > researching). I'm mostly interested in using it to print on overhead > transparency material to make digital negatives for contact > printing/alternative processing. I think I remember seeing a process > that will allow you to use only three black/grey inks (that you can > put in any three working positions on your printer (forget the clogged > ones)... so may try that approach if I can't get all of them > unplugged.
That sounds interesting. I've used laser printed ones to make negs for cyanotypes. Keeping us informed of progress would be appreciated, at least by me. > > If I can learn the transparency digital negative technique, I might > think about a wide format printer for the same purpose, down the road. > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:30 AM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 06 March 2016 at 01:08 Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> This is a side discussion to Ann's purchase of a lightly used R2400. I > >> agreed with Mike Wilson's caution, but not necessarily his view of > >> "Irrecoverably". Using Epson's print head cleaning utility is > >> guaranteed to use up a lot of ink, if not actually unclog the print > >> head. > >> > >> I like (much better) this guy's tutorial: > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1hxljJhi9M > >> His use of aquarium pump tubing as a reservoir/sight glass is ingenious. > >> Also worthwhile is his formula for DIY Inkjet print head cleaner: > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHUQAZFdTOM > >> > >> With these techniques in your pocket you may find a real bargain out > >> there, even if the printer doesn't work perfectly when you purchase > >> it. > > > > I can only go by my own experience. Two very expensive printers (and a > > cheaper > > one) failed due to head clogging that Epson's procedures would not clear. > > Having access to a large variety of chemicals, I used internet knowledge to > > try > > a number of different options. No success. Finally, for the last machine, > > I > > found a recently damaged one that had a good head. Over a week, I swapped > > the > > head only to find that Epson has the neat little trick of killing the > > printer if > > you access the head. This can only be fixed by some firmware kludge that > > only > > Epson engineers know. I couldn't find it on the internet. So I then had > > the > > choice of paying about 2/3rds of the new cost for Epson to replace the head > > (no > > nearby agent, of course) or walking away. It was one of the best walks of > > my > > life. > > > > In my ever so humble opinion, inkjet printers are the spawn of the devil and > > the > > fact that they print anything at all is nothing short of a miracle. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above > > -- > 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. -- 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.
