Homebrew PCBs

On 24/11/13 08:33, beefyzee@... wrote:
>
> I've got a chance at an old Epson Stylus Color 3000 (not the R3000). This is a
> big A2 printer.
>
> I've been told the print heads are blocked. The printer has been in storage for
> some time. It's cheap but I'm also wondering if I'll end up chucking the printer
> in the bin.
>
> I've been hearing hear and there these are a good printer for photo positives,
> but I don't know if that is with $500 RIP software. I'll just be running it with
> the standard Windows driver.

The ink is not solvent ink, so there's a chance of unblocking by pulling out the 
head (not too hard with some practice, but a teaser at first, maybe see 
something on utube), and wiping the head surface with paper towel soaked with a 
suitable cleaner (i use nifty, but a window cleaner chemical would be good too).

<http://www.hillsgroup.net.au/CatalogueRetrieve.aspx?CatalogueID=99748&ProductID=5533742>

Putting in an old cartridge filled with the cleaner and doing lots of head-clean 
cycles can work too.

If all else fails, you can soak the head in a cheap ultrasonic cleaner. I've 
done that on my 10+ year old epson stylus 400. Make sure it's properly dried 
before testing in the printer.

If you're in the melbourne area, i'll consider taking it if you want to bin it.