Digital BW, The Print

I need to store my printers (R2200, R2400) for six months or more and I 
was wondering what the best method is. I live in an exceptionally dry 
climate. Relative humidity can be 20% or lower quite regularly in the 
winter. Unless I am printing regularly, my printers require at least 
one and usually two cleaning cycles per week. I could take the 
cartridges out, but I am worried about the ink left in the head. will 
dry out and form a plug.

I was thinking of putting cleaning cartridges in, running a few flush 
cycles and either leaving the cleaning cartridges in or taking them 
out. I am unsure whether leaving the cleaning solution in for an 
extended period of time would hurt the printer or not.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Paul G.

I use cleaning fluid in carts for stored printers and when a particular
channel is not being used, and it seems to do a good job of keeping the
printers from clogging.  For a stored printer, if you can bag it to stop
evaporation, that would also help.  Cleaning fluid is usually just a clear
base, usually lacking in a binder.  I've never seen any damage from it.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of pglombick
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:14 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Storing a printer

 

I need to store my printers (R2200, R2400) for six months or more and I 
was wondering what the best method is. I live in an exceptionally dry 
climate. Relative humidity can be 20% or lower quite regularly in the 
winter. Unless I am printing regularly, my printers require at least 
one and usually two cleaning cycles per week. I could take the 
cartridges out, but I am worried about the ink left in the head. will 
dry out and form a plug.

I was thinking of putting cleaning cartridges in, running a few flush 
cycles and either leaving the cleaning cartridges in or taking them 
out. I am unsure whether leaving the cleaning solution in for an 
extended period of time would hurt the printer or not.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Paul G.

 



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I shipped a 2200 from Florida to Oregon on the first of January with the 
inks left in it and then stored the printer in a box in the garage for about 
four months waiting for renovations to be finished. That wasn't how I had 
planned to do it, the movers just got to the printer before I did, but the 
printer worked fine when I plugged it back in four months later. Then again, 
I don't recall running more than a couple cleaning cycles in the several 
years I used the printer, certainly nothing like weekly, so maybe 2400s are 
different.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pglombick" <glombick@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Storing a printer


I need to store my printers (R2200, R2400) for six months or more and I
was wondering what the best method is. I live in an exceptionally dry
climate. Relative humidity can be 20% or lower quite regularly in the
winter. Unless I am printing regularly, my printers require at least
one and usually two cleaning cycles per week. I could take the
cartridges out, but I am worried about the ink left in the head. will
dry out and form a plug.

I was thinking of putting cleaning cartridges in, running a few flush
cycles and either leaving the cleaning cartridges in or taking them
out. I am unsure whether leaving the cleaning solution in for an
extended period of time would hurt the printer or not.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Paul G.



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I am considering purchasing a R2400 (or 3800) but I am concerned 
about low temps and intermittent use (northeast US).   The area I 
would install the printer is insulated, but only heated as needed 
(some evenings or weekends when I work on the computer) otherwise the 
temps dip into the 40's for days when it is un-heated.  This will be 
frequent enough that I don't want to have to run cleaning fluids, 
remove inks, etc.

Am I destined for trouble/clogs, excess ink waste from cleanings, etc?

I think the specs on the printer say 50 deg, but I suspect that isn't 
relative to real world ink issues.  

Thx, Brian


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Ellis" 
<bellis60@...> wrote:
>
> I shipped a 2200 from Florida to Oregon on the first of January 
with the 
> inks left in it and then stored the printer in a box in the garage 
for about 
> four months waiting for renovations to be finished. That wasn't how 
I had 
> planned to do it, the movers just got to the printer before I did, 
but the 
> printer worked fine when I plugged it back in four months later. 
Then again, 
> I don't recall running more than a couple cleaning cycles in the 
several 
> years I used the printer, certainly nothing like weekly, so maybe 
2400s are 
> different.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "pglombick" <glombick@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:13 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Storing a printer
> 
> 
> I need to store my printers (R2200, R2400) for six months or more 
and I
> was wondering what the best method is. I live in an exceptionally 
dry
> climate. Relative humidity can be 20% or lower quite regularly in 
the
> winter. Unless I am printing regularly, my printers require at least
> one and usually two cleaning cycles per week. I could take the
> cartridges out, but I am worried about the ink left in the head. 
will
> dry out and form a plug.
> 
> I was thinking of putting cleaning cartridges in, running a few 
flush
> cycles and either leaving the cleaning cartridges in or taking them
> out. I am unsure whether leaving the cleaning solution in for an
> extended period of time would hurt the printer or not.
> 
> Thank you for your suggestions.
> 
> Paul G.
> 
> 
> 
> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other 
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> they are often being updated.
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B&W 
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and 
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EXEMPLARY 
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> GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF 
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I've had my Epson R2400 in storage for 3 years. I am wondering what I need to get to get it running in good shape again. For instance, does anyone recommend using flushing cartridges, or just running multiple cleaning cycles using the regular ink cartridges?
Paul
Thanks for any feedback.

I would run DIY cleaning fluid through. (Try RV anti-freeze for potable
water, the kind that's polypropylene glycol.  Dilute it 1 + 1 with
distilled water.) You can use old cartridges and bottom fill them with
cleaning fluid. A little bit of color left in the cartridge is helpful, as
it'll allow you to see a printed nozzle check.  After loading up the
cartridges, turn the printer on, after the printer starts to do it's
pre-use routine, pull the power cord. This'll allow you to move the print
head assembly away from the parking area.  Gently clean the wiper blade,
and put a few drops of DIY cleaning fluid on the parking pad.  Move the
head assembly back to the parking area, and let the printer sit over night.

The next day, turn the printer on and run a nozzle check. If needed, run a
cleaning cycle and print another nozzle check.  Don't run a whole bunch of
cleaning cycles back-to-back. If there are still clogs, let the printer sit
over night. Repeat.

If that doesn't work, you can add a small amount of ammonia to the cleaning
solution, something like 1%.  There's a lot of evidence that ammonia will
help clear clogs, but some think that it can be damaging to the head, and
so you want to be careful with it.  I haven't noticed a problem using it.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:29 AM, pglombick <glombick@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I've had my Epson R2400 in storage for 3 years. I am wondering what I need
> to get to get it running in good shape again. For instance, does anyone
> recommend using flushing cartridges, or just running multiple cleaning
> cycles using the regular ink cartridges?
> Paul
> Thanks for any feedback.
>
>  
>


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