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[DIY DTG] Epson 2100 / 2200 Mods



 
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Old May 26th, 2009 May 26, 2009 8:25:39 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default Epson 2100 / 2200 Mods

I would like to collect all available informations about converting the epson 2100 / 2200 printer into a dtg-printer.

Tech Specs, Drivers, etc...

Epson Stylus Photo 2200, Overview - Technical Support - Epson America, Inc.
Epson Stylus Photo 2100 Inkjet

Commercial RIP's :

MultiRIP GP Direct-to-Garment Printing Software for dtg Printers - Epson Digital Printers
U.S. Screen Print & Inkjet Technology | FastARTIST 2.0 & FastRIP 10.0 - Now Available!


Other useful software :

Printer Jockey
SSC Service Utility for Epson Stylus Printer.


Commercial Epson 2100 / 2200 based DTG-Printers

The DTG Kiosk Inkjet Printer
Fast T-Jet2 Digital Garment Printer


Helpful Links :

Service Manual :
PRINTER EPSON STYLUS PHOTO 2100 / 2200 SERVICE MANUAL | PRINTER AND SERVICE MANUAL

Exploded Diagram :
Diy Projects (none of them finished )

DGP Blog Build Your Own DTG
Make - Make your own Direct-To-Garment T-Shirt Printer using off the shelf printers??
Yahoo! Groups
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This is my Epson 2100 based DTG-Printer.
As you can see on the right side , i have filled the
the CISS with white ink. I used empty cd cases to find out the perfect height for the ciss , if it is too high the ink starts forced through the head , if it is set too low , it will result in ink starvation.
On the lower right corner you can see the hygrometer , showing 55 % Rh and 25 deg. Celsius. It is important to place the printer in a controlled enviroment in order to avoid headclogging. You can read more about this here :
Proper humidity level CRUCIAL for digital garment printers

The wooden latch on the lower right corner on the platten is my MDRD = Manually Driven Registration Device
I removed the Feed Sensor and placed it a few inches in front of the platen. When the print job starts the platen hits the small arm of the sensor , so you can have 2-pass jobs without misregistration issues. when the job is finished i retract the latch, because the 2100 has an inverted feed sensor (closed = paper out , open = paper in) i push the platen back , wait for the empty paper error, pop up the latch and press the paper button on the printer. this gives me a pretty good registration with multipasses.
I will shot a short video later to show you what i am tlaking about.
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I just buy an used Epson R2100, and it had a very strange problem. The Light Magentas LED show, that's empty (it always ligthing). I just change the cartridge to the CISS cartridge, and still the same problem!
I tried to clean the contact in the printer, but won't work. Somebody know a solution?
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try this. solid on light to a single color means that it is indicating empty... This $20 dohickey resets the memory to read full again on a used cartridge that still has ink in it (or is being supplied ink)

http://www.misterinkjet.com/epson_re...structions.htm

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Thank's for the help, but problem solved. I just buy a new refilled cartridge, and i figured out, that the refillable light magenta cartridge don't work properly.
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