- #How to replace the motherboard on an epson 3880 printer manual#
- #How to replace the motherboard on an epson 3880 printer full#
Replacement tanks are available from Epson (part number T5820).
#How to replace the motherboard on an epson 3880 printer full#
Hopefully they'll be perfect after a few days.įor really tough clogs, some recommend using Simple Green cleaner diluted 1 +1 with distilled water.įYI, you can buy cleaning cartridges direct from China for much less that what they are sold for here in the USA.If the maintenance cartridge icon on the printer’s LCD indicates that the maintenance cartridge is full or nearly full, replace the maintenance cartridge as described below. So far my nozzle checks are about 90% good. Now do a cleaning cycle and a nozzle check. (Google is your friend.) Saturate the pad on the capping station with cleaning fluid, and move the carriage back over the capping station. The puddle method involves moving the head carriage away from the capping station. After that, I did an initial fill on the printer to pull cleaning fluid to the head and used the puddle method. You probably won't need to do this on a desktop printer. The Mis bottom fill adapter works well for this, as the flexible sleeve on the the end fits perfectly over the ink tubes. With my printers, I detached the ink tubes from the dampers and pulled cleaning fluid through the lines with a syringe. In fact it's good if there a little bit, as this will allow you to do nozzle checks. It doesn't matter if there's some ink left in the cartridge. I used a MIS bottom fill adapter on a syringe to put the cleaning fluid in the OEM cartridges and use a chip re-setter on the chip. Supposedly, this stuff works better than Windex, as it doesn't dry out near as fast.įor cheap "cleaning" cartridges, save your old cartridges. For use, I dilute it 1 +1 with distilled water, and I splash a bit of household ammonia in the Mason jar. It contains ethyl alcohol, propylene glycol, water, and di potassium phosphate.
The Super Tech brand is about $4 a gallon. In perusing various sources, I decided to use RV and Marine anti-freeze from Walmart as a cleaning fluid. Sorry, but I can not comment on the second problem as it is, thankfully, one that I have not encountered. Maybe we should get a lawyer and file a class action lawsuit? I am reasonably certain that Epson made a mistake in the formulation of the magenta ink because I literally know five or six photographers who have clogged magenta nozzles, and no other clogs, with their Epson 3800. But as I said, the fact that I can not correct the problem makes me pull my hair out!! In fact, I use the 3800 only for making digital negatives and the magenta is a low UV blocker so it really makes no practical difference to me. However, since my clog is very slight (two gaps of about 1mm wide on two of the fifteen lines) and does not so far as I can see affect printing in any way I have just left it as is. Based on my experience with other Epson printers I am pretty sure that if you put a set of flushing cartridges in the printer, with something like Piezo Flush from inkjetmall or the equivalent from inksupply, and left the solution in the printer for a week or so it would clear the head. I have tried virtually everything in the book short of running a set of flushing cartridges in the printer. I have a very slight clog on the magenta with my 3800 that does not cause any problem in printing but it drives me crazy that I can not make it go away. You may have read about my complaint about magenta with the Epson 3800. If anyone has any light to shed on either of these two problems it would be greatly appreciated!
#How to replace the motherboard on an epson 3880 printer manual#
BTW, I regularly use the rear manual feed with thick Hahnemuhle paper.The Epson service people could have fixed this (oddly by replacing an auto-feed mechanism) but since they couldn't fix the clog it wasn't really worth spending over $300. The ONLY way I can get it to stop is to power off the machine. The other problem that just started is that after an image finishes printing the head keeps going back and forth as if it's still printing, sometimes even if the paper has left the machine. One very weird thing is: my 3800 still makes perfect, gorgeous prints! No visible difference between pre-clog prints and clogged magenta prints. What I'd like to know know is has anyone had any success in clearing their magenta clogs? I just broke down and ordered a 3880, which sounds like it has the magenta clog issue fixed with their new Vivid Magenta ink. I didn't want to give up so I just googled this problem and found it specifically talked about in this forum. They had the thing for two or three weeks and could not clean the clog. I did endless power cleanings (not the manual windex cleaning) then took the machine to an Epson service center. I've got two very frustrating Epson 3800 printer problems! First, the magenta head on the printer has recently become permanently clogged.
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