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Originally Posted by tq_6324 |  | | | | | | | | | first of all..HI everybody..i'm new to this forum..but i do know some pple, as i've been very frequently coming on this forum lately..Man, i bought a brand new epson stylus pro 4800 from sawgrass this feb...then i had some serious health issues(i was diagnosed with ankylosing spondilytis, type of arthritis)..in the meantime my printer was sitting in my room..i just started using it end of last month..turns out botton line the yellow tube of chromablast side is clogged..i've been cleaning and dropping windex and cleaning and dropping windex..and not getting newhere...i didnt even print a single t-shirt(i have a DK20s, also brand new..from sawgrass)..but because of cleaning cycles all of the catridges are almost empty..i just didnt give up cleaning, as somebody has said, i cant remember who, to not give up and keep cleaning and eventually it'll get unclogged..but unfortunately no luck..now they want to me to buy another set of ink which is over a $1000 and use half of if for powercleaning..I'M LOST!! i have no idea if i'm supposed to go crazy right now..plz i need help | |  | |  | |
Hi , I know what you are going through I have an Epson 4000 only with the original pigment inks and it still clogs . Well actually mine was more of a clog , rather a malfunction somewhere , it still is not right . I tried using distilled water on the pad where the head parks and left it overnight , this did not work . Then I bought some cleaning cartridges because like you I was doing powercleans and wasting heaps of ink . Is it possible for you to get some cleaning cartridges ? and make sure they are for sub ink not pigment ink , with mine the instructions were to do powercleans with the cleaning carts installed and leave overnight and they try and break down the dried ink , maybe you could check that out as the cleaning carts should be less expensive than sub ink . When you do get it running again or even if you want to try now , I bought a small plastic container put in sponge and soaked it with water , drilled some holes in the lid and tied on a piece of string to the container with a red flag attached to in to remind me to remove the container prior to starting the printer . The container I place inside the printer to the side of the head , this increases the humidity in the printer and helps stop clogging . Have been doing this a while now and I think it helps . Got this information from an epson 4000 forum . Let us know how get on with it , best of luck .
Bernie