Igor, Thank you very much for your detailed message.
As you guessed correctly, I lived almost everything you wrote one by one. This includes the final analysis which includes exactly the same printers you mentioned. My printer, which might have printed not more than a hundred images, is simply, practically dead. I see that a buying a new one is certainly the better option compared to replacing the head of the 2880. Yet, I cannot afford such an amount at this time. The prices are much higher (both in real terms and comparatively) here. I still hope I can buy a new printer before the end of this year or early next year. By the way, I have found some unopened (in original packaging) ink cartridges for the printer. Their Best Before Date is 09/2015. I remember buying them while I was quitting printing for an indefinite time. The cartridges were difficult to find even then and very expensive as well. So I guess, my poor printer was sleeping for about 4 years. Perhaps, I shouldn't be allowed to own another one! Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]>, 19 Mar 2019 Sal, 21:28 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > > > > Hi Bulent, > > I am a bit more pessimistic than Paul: I would expect that the > print-head nozzles will be clogged. The only question if it could > be unclogged or not. > > Inkjet printers need regular printing (at least once a month, better every > couple weeks) to prevent ink from drying inside the nozzles. Sometimes, > even after 2-3 months of not printing, I am having hard time getting some > of the nozzles to work. The most recent time it happened, I went through > about 7 cleaning cycles before it started working properly. And my brother > was unable to revive his printer (it wasn't R2880, but its first > successor, Epson R3000). > > While considering the options for my brother's printer, - I remember > finding a couple of webpages that described DIY procedures of how to > unclog inkjet head nozzles. I don't have those links, - but you can try > googling. > I vaguely remember that it may have involved some soaking of the > printer head, but I don't remember at all - how (maybe using a piece of a > sponge?). > That, of course, only after the cleaning procedure from the printer > utility repeated many times (10? 15?) will be unsuccessful. > I don't remember all the details, but that procedure didn't help my > brother, and he decided to buy a new printer. (The cost of the head > replacement was more than 1/2 of that of a new printer.) > > > I would mention one more point to consider. > The cleaning procedure wastes considerable amount of ink. > A full set of inks costs about $110-120. I would compare that > to the cost of a new printer. > > I am not sure what is the current exact replacement model for R2880: > Epson P600 or P400. > The current price of Epson P600 at B&H, after Mail-in Rebate is $473, > and that for P400 is $390. Those prices are equivalent to 3-4 > ink-cartridge sets for R2880. > And the new printer, includes a full set of inks. > So, the new printer (minus the cost of a full set of inks) costs about > ~2-3 sets of the ink cartridges for R2880. > > Note also, that both P400 and P600 have larger size of ink cartridges (14 > ml and 26 ml, respectively, vs. 11 ml for R2880). > > > Lastly, while I've used to buy ink from Atlex.com, a few years ago, I've > switched to B&H and Adorama. The price from these two is usually on par, > or even slightly lower when you consider the shipping cost that is > separate with Atlex. The difference is more apparent when you need only > 2-3 cartridges, and not the full set. > > By the way, I've just found that Atlex.com is no more. It was merged > with IT Supplies not that long ago. (Presumably, both companies were owned > by the same entity.) > > Good luck! > > Igor > > > > > Bulent Celasun Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:38:08 -0700 wrote: > > I intend to start using my (in electronic hardware terms) antique > Epson R2880 printer again. It had been very lightly used for a year or > so when both of us were a lot younger. > > > I read about issues like clogging and ways of dealing with them. > Mechanical problems are apparently uncommon... > Buying a new printer is no option (still married!). > > I thought I should seek advice before approaching the printer. It is > sitting unused (with ink set on) for at least 3 years (perhaps more). > > Is there hope? > Any precautions? > Is there a workflow to awake a sleeping ink jet printer properly? > ... > > Bulent > > -- > 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.
