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Epson C84 Problem
So I buy ink for my printer and what happens?
Black and magenta don't print. I've tried test prints, and the only thing that appears on the paper is the Windows logo represented in only cyan and yellow and faint cyan lines. And yes, I have removed the tape. I've tried the maintenance options on the CP to no avail. What is wrong? |
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Epson C84 Problem
Please email me describing the problem and the printer, and I will email
you a copy of my Epson cleaning manual free of charge. No spamming, no sales, just a free service. Art e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org (at) = @ (dot) = . wrote: So I buy ink for my printer and what happens? Black and magenta don't print. I've tried test prints, and the only thing that appears on the paper is the Windows logo represented in only cyan and yellow and faint cyan lines. And yes, I have removed the tape. I've tried the maintenance options on the CP to no avail. What is wrong? |
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"Arthur Entlich" wrote in message
news:bGGAg.317288$IK3.150446@pd7tw1no... Hi Jan, One of the suggested procedures in my guide is to place a few drops of the cleaning solution on the ink nipple and into the ink outlet of the cartridge. This has several potential benefits. If the ink has gummed up and become too viscous, this can help dilute it somewhat to get it flowing again. It also helps to prevent an airlock from developing, and it may well also do what you are discussing, to help loosen up the spring valve. The ink nipple should cause the spring valve to open when the cartridge is installed, under normal circumstances, which should exercise the valve somewhat. You raise a fair point, however. Art Jan Alter wrote: or "Arthur Entlich" wrote in message news:RLFzg.295921$Mn5.164441@pd7tw3no... Please email me describing the problem and the printer, and I will email you a copy of my Epson cleaning manual free of charge. No spamming, no sales, just a free service. Art e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org (at) = @ (dot) = . wrote: So I buy ink for my printer and what happens? Black and magenta don't print. I've tried test prints, and the only thing that appears on the paper is the Windows logo represented in only cyan and yellow and faint cyan lines. And yes, I have removed the tape. I've tried the maintenance options on the CP to no avail. What is wrong? This is a reprint from another fellow I sent under "C86 ink problems -7/30/2006". I think that it's ironic that within the last 3 days 3 people are posting about the same problem. I can only imagine it's really happening to hundreds of folks all the time with these printers. It would be helpful to know if the suggestion below is helpful. Try this, as I've read of several other folks lately using a C series printer having the same problem after changing a cartridge for new one and not getting ink to print from the new cartridge. One fellow, only a couple of weeks ago wrote back that the procedure worked. It appears that the valve mechanism on the cartridge may be sluggish and not really be releasing ink when the spike enters through the broken plastic membrane to allow ink to flow. With the printer on, get the printhead to move into cartridge change position by pushing the droplet button for about a second. Remove the black and magenta cartridges and take a straightened out paperclip and push it back and forth in the open orifice of the cartridge two or three times for each while holding the cartridges over some newspaper so as not to get any ink on your furniture. Replace the cartridges and give it another try. Hi Art, What you prescribe is an excellent point. Although three folks with C series printers have posted about changing cartridges recently and then not been able to get ink flow. I'm just considering if an additional or first problem with these printers might be the spring design that doesn't actuate the valve to allow new ink to flow when a new cartridge is placed in the printer, in addition to the Dura-brite ink concoction . -- Jan or |
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In the majority of cases where the new ink cartridge doesn't work (from
the hundreds of people I have worked with on this problem, mainly with Durabrite inks) there rae a couple of scenarios that crop up: 1) The ink nipple (that's the spike that punctures the cartridge and receives the ink from it) surface filter is almost clogged and the time it takes to replace the cartridge is enough to clog it up, especially if there is some air ahead of it from the cartridge exchange process. 2) The new cartridge wasn't shaken up enough and there was some pigment residue in the ink outlet that was enough to finish off the clog. 3) The cleaning station isn't working correctly, so the purge process doesn't do its job. Due to: a) dried ink on the head bottom or surrounding the ink station rubber seal, not allowing the proper sealing process to occur between the head surface and the cleaning station. b) The cleaning station nipple (that's a different nipple... it is the one that the drainage tube attaches to to bring the waste ink away. It is the same tube that is used to apply vacuum to the head during purging) to the drainage/vacuum tube or the tube itself is clogged not allowing the vacuum to build. c) The drain/vacuum tube has popped off the nipple on the bottom of the cleaning station so no vacuum is applied (the tube usually pops off as a result of a clogged nipple or tube to begin with). Art Hi Art, What you prescribe is an excellent point. Although three folks with C series printers have posted about changing cartridges recently and then not been able to get ink flow. I'm just considering if an additional or first problem with these printers might be the spring design that doesn't actuate the valve to allow new ink to flow when a new cartridge is placed in the printer, in addition to the Dura-brite ink concoction . Jan Alter wrote: "Arthur Entlich" wrote in message news:bGGAg.317288$IK3.150446@pd7tw1no... Hi Jan, One of the suggested procedures in my guide is to place a few drops of the cleaning solution on the ink nipple and into the ink outlet of the cartridge. This has several potential benefits. If the ink has gummed up and become too viscous, this can help dilute it somewhat to get it flowing again. It also helps to prevent an airlock from developing, and it may well also do what you are discussing, to help loosen up the spring valve. The ink nipple should cause the spring valve to open when the cartridge is installed, under normal circumstances, which should exercise the valve somewhat. You raise a fair point, however. Art Jan Alter wrote: or "Arthur Entlich" wrote in message news:RLFzg.295921$Mn5.164441@pd7tw3no... Please email me describing the problem and the printer, and I will email you a copy of my Epson cleaning manual free of charge. No spamming, no sales, just a free service. Art e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org (at) = @ (dot) = . wrote: So I buy ink for my printer and what happens? Black and magenta don't print. I've tried test prints, and the only thing that appears on the paper is the Windows logo represented in only cyan and yellow and faint cyan lines. And yes, I have removed the tape. I've tried the maintenance options on the CP to no avail. What is wrong? This is a reprint from another fellow I sent under "C86 ink problems -7/30/2006". I think that it's ironic that within the last 3 days 3 people are posting about the same problem. I can only imagine it's really happening to hundreds of folks all the time with these printers. It would be helpful to know if the suggestion below is helpful. Try this, as I've read of several other folks lately using a C series printer having the same problem after changing a cartridge for new one and not getting ink to print from the new cartridge. One fellow, only a couple of weeks ago wrote back that the procedure worked. It appears that the valve mechanism on the cartridge may be sluggish and not really be releasing ink when the spike enters through the broken plastic membrane to allow ink to flow. With the printer on, get the printhead to move into cartridge change position by pushing the droplet button for about a second. Remove the black and magenta cartridges and take a straightened out paperclip and push it back and forth in the open orifice of the cartridge two or three times for each while holding the cartridges over some newspaper so as not to get any ink on your furniture. Replace the cartridges and give it another try. Hi Art, What you prescribe is an excellent point. Although three folks with C series printers have posted about changing cartridges recently and then not been able to get ink flow. I'm just considering if an additional or first problem with these printers might be the spring design that doesn't actuate the valve to allow new ink to flow when a new cartridge is placed in the printer, in addition to the Dura-brite ink concoction . |
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