Dead R2400?

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hlockwood

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After installing a replacement CIS system, an external waste tank, getting a couple of piezography profiles done by Inkjet Mall and a few other improvements, I've been able to print a few beautifully toned images.

Then suddenly, I got flashing lights, alternating between the paper-advance button and the ink-drop button. The printer is frozen in place. I tried several tricks involving powering down and restarting holding down various button combos, disconnecting by removing the power at the outlet, etc., all to no avail.

I can't find any explanation for this symptom anywhere, but I wonder if it's the waste pad reset problem. With that thought, I searched high and low for the trick to reset the printer. It seems that reset software exists for a Windows-based system but not for a Mac.

Any thoughts, suggestions will be most welcome.

Harry
 
If nothing else, find someone with a Windows laptop or something and run the reset.
 
Your best bet is to find someone who makes a living reviving Epson printers. I'm in Dallas, Texas and I can find at least one. I would be very surprised if you can't find one in Boston area.

FYI, I dumped two 2400 printers in the past (similar painful and expensive experience) and now I used Canon Pixma 9500. I will never buy Epson inkjet again, at least until they redesign their printers to allow user-replaceable heads.
 
shadowfox said:
Your best bet is to find someone who makes a living reviving Epson printers. I'm in Dallas, Texas and I can find at least one. I would be very surprised if you can't find one in Boston area.

FYI, I dumped two 2400 printers in the past (similar painful and expensive experience) and now I used Canon Pixma 9500. I will never buy Epson inkjet again, at least until they redesign their printers to allow user-replaceable heads.
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I'm in touch with a local Epson repair facility to that end. But in order to bring the printer to them, I need to remove the CIS, which I can't do because I can't get the print head out of its locked parking position. I may take a metal shears to the cover as a last resort. :eek:

As for replacing the 2400, my dilemma is that I'm dedicated to piezography K7 inks and the profiles for that system. You can't beat the beautiful tonality that comes from 7 shades of carbon pigments. And combined with no-OBA paper such as Canson Photographique Rag (cool) or Entrada FA Nat (warm) you get an archival print to cover most image content.

That said, I may have to rethink my entire approach to archival grayscale printing. After all, at my age, I don't even buy green bananas. :D

Harry

P.S. I will have a look at the Canon printers.
 
hlockwood said:
I'm in touch with a local Epson repair facility to that end. But in order to bring the printer to them, I need to remove the CIS, which I can't do because I can't get the print head out of its locked parking position. I may take a metal shears to the cover as a last resort. :eek:

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That said, I may have to rethink my entire approach to archival grayscale printing. After all, at my age, I don't even buy green bananas. :D

Harry

P.S. I will have a look at the Canon printers.
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Well, I took the damn thing apart to get at the print head, and I successfully removed the CIS system. Whew, that was a bit scary without a manual.

Now it's off to the repair facility. Probably another $300 for a new print head. :bang:

Will report back on the outcome.

Harry
 
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