With the cost, quality and convenience of on line print service - like Bay Photo - I really don't see the need for a printer for most of if not all of my print needs.
-----Original Message----- >From: Bulent Celasun <bulent. >Subject: Re: OT - Seeking Advice on Epson R2880 > >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.
