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Ok here's the story ... bought this printer used about 9 months ago & have yet to get 100 shirts out of it! The following parts have been replaced once(1) or twice(2) since purchace:
Print heads (2)
capping station (2)
wipers (2)
pads (2)
carriage assembly (1)
Ribbon Cables (2)
Bulk Ink Assy (1)
Encoding Strip (2)
Here's the problem I'm having now:
Was printing fine, just quit printing white ink & I was low so I ordered more, shut it down & cleaned it up. 5 days later filled all inks & started to print' then white ink quit, then all ink stoped coming out. Bottles good, lines good, cardtridge good, Shut it down, took it apart, checked ribbon cables OK, Syringed print head .. OK... Back together, (No I didn't get it wet) goes thru all the motions, head cleaned ok with both manual button & computer command in the printer/preference/maintance (indicates cpu talking to printer) Pumps ink in capping station during cleaning. Will NOT print ink, not even nozel check, I take that back I got 1 nozel test , about 50%, out of 6-8 , I think it was #3 test, all the rest nothing. In the pages to printer/output queue/dtg rip pro it shows it printed it but printed "0" bytes, which is correct, but it goes thru all the motions just no ink! Could the print driver(s) cause this? I've usually been able to find a fix on here but this one has me stumpted. I considered the motherboard which I don't want to replace on a whim, kinda pricy, but why would I get that nozzel check? Anybody know where I can get a motherboard tested? Are they all the same Epson 2200 I mean? Or is it a software issue, even the nozzel test were showing in the ouput queue, showing printed w/ 150kb. I don't really want to reinstall RIPPro, not real usuer friendly & can cost you a validation... You only get three, I got 1 left.
Any HELP!!! would be greately appreciated. I had absolutely no idea you had to be technician in order to operate one of these machines. WOW! What a lesson in life!
thanks
BJ - Stitch & Awl
Print heads (2)
capping station (2)
wipers (2)
pads (2)
carriage assembly (1)
Ribbon Cables (2)
Bulk Ink Assy (1)
Encoding Strip (2)
Here's the problem I'm having now:
Was printing fine, just quit printing white ink & I was low so I ordered more, shut it down & cleaned it up. 5 days later filled all inks & started to print' then white ink quit, then all ink stoped coming out. Bottles good, lines good, cardtridge good, Shut it down, took it apart, checked ribbon cables OK, Syringed print head .. OK... Back together, (No I didn't get it wet) goes thru all the motions, head cleaned ok with both manual button & computer command in the printer/preference/maintance (indicates cpu talking to printer) Pumps ink in capping station during cleaning. Will NOT print ink, not even nozel check, I take that back I got 1 nozel test , about 50%, out of 6-8 , I think it was #3 test, all the rest nothing. In the pages to printer/output queue/dtg rip pro it shows it printed it but printed "0" bytes, which is correct, but it goes thru all the motions just no ink! Could the print driver(s) cause this? I've usually been able to find a fix on here but this one has me stumpted. I considered the motherboard which I don't want to replace on a whim, kinda pricy, but why would I get that nozzel check? Anybody know where I can get a motherboard tested? Are they all the same Epson 2200 I mean? Or is it a software issue, even the nozzel test were showing in the ouput queue, showing printed w/ 150kb. I don't really want to reinstall RIPPro, not real usuer friendly & can cost you a validation... You only get three, I got 1 left.
Any HELP!!! would be greately appreciated. I had absolutely no idea you had to be technician in order to operate one of these machines. WOW! What a lesson in life!
thanks
BJ - Stitch & Awl