[Alt-photo] Re: DIGINEGS EPSON 3800/3880 QUESTION

Tue Jan 28 19:24:43 UTC 2014

Hi Bob,

If the printer is on, first turn it off. Then turn it on again and when the head moves to the left - away from the parked position - pull the plug. Just turning it off won't work because it will go thru the shut-down routine and the head will return to the parked position. 

Unlike the 4xxx/7xxx/9xxx series, there is no manual way to release the head without disassembling the case.

BTW, for the sake of clarity, it probably makes more sense to refer the K CHANNEL rather than HEAD, because the printer has only one head with 8 channels, not 8 (or 9 if you count both blacks) heads. MK and PK share a channel by way of a "switch" in the damper assembly. I recently had to replace the entire ink supply assembly on a 3800. Go here for the full story with pictures. 

Good luck,
Keith

Keith Schreiber
www.jkschreiber.com
keith at jkschreiber.com

On Jan 28, 2014, at 8:07 AM, BOB KISS wrote:

> DEAR JORJ,
> 
>            How do I “unlock” the printer head?  
> 
>            Thanks for your suggestion.  Looking forward to trying it.
> 
>                                    CHEERS!
> 
>                                                BOB
> 
> 
> 
>  _____  
> 
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> [mailto:alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of
> Jorj Bauer
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:44 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: DIGINEGS EPSON 3800/3880 QUESTION
> 
> 
> 
> Maybe this will help you, Bob.
> 
> Dilute grocery-store ammonia 1:10 with distilled water; wet (not soak) a
> paper towel with it and fold it in half. Power down the printer. Put the
> paper towel on the print surface, unlock and slide the print head over the
> paper towel, and leave it for a few hours.
> 
> Clean up carefully and repeat your printing experiment.
> 
> I do this occasionally to clear stubborn nozzles on my Stylus Pro 4000. The
> vapors from the ammonia seem to do the trick.
> 
> -- Jorj
> 
> 
> On Jan 28, 2014, at 9:26 AM, "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> wrote:
> 
>> DEAR JEREMY,
>> 
>>           I prayed that your method would work but, after 5 attempts, I
> am
>> still getting a midtone gray rectangle which means that the LK and LLK are
>> printing but not the PK/MK head. 
>> 
>>           Any other ideas?  Living here in Barbados we have lovely
> weather
>> but getting things repaired, shipping things in and out for factory
> service,
>> and getting parts is a nightmare. 
>> 
>>                                   CHEERS!
>> 
>>                                               BOB
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _____ 
>> 
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> Of
>> Jeremy Moore
>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 4:12 PM
>> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
>> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: DIGINEGS EPSON 3800/3880 QUESTION
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bob,
>> 
>> Before doing a power cleaning just print a large block of pure black. This
>> will often fix a clog without needing to waste any of the other colors
> like
>> a power cleaning. This works for every color, though I don't remember the
>> RGB numbers for the other colors off the top of my head black is an easy
> one
>> :)
>> 
>> Just fill a rectangle with pure black in Photoshop and print it on a sheet
>> of cheap paper. I like to make a long rectangle that's on the edge of an
>> 8.5x11" page. This way I can just turn the page around and run it back
>> through if I need to do it again. Never needed to do it more than twice so
>> far (knock on wood).
>> 
>> - Jeremy
>> 
>> Sent from a mobile device.
>> 
>>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:07 PM, "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> DEAR LIST,
>>> 
>>>          For those of us who print diginegs using Dan Burkholder’s
>>> templates, please help me with the following question.
>>> 
>>>          As his system has the printer use the matte black (instead of
>>> the photo black) pigments, does the printer still use the K LK and LLK
>>> printer heads when printing with the matte black or does the printer only
>>> use the matte black?
>>> 
>>>          The reason I ask is that the K head has suddenly stopped
>>> printing and I must print two diginegs.  If I force clean the printer I
>> will
>>> waste tons of other pigments.  If I don’t need the K head to work for the
>>> diginegs, then I can print them as per Dan’s system using the matte black
>>> and worry about cleaning that PK head later.
>>> 
>>>                                  CHEERS!
>>> 
>>>                                              BOB
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Please check my website:  <http://www.bobkiss.com/>
>> http://www.bobkiss.com/
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
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