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

Tue Jan 28 20:58:02 UTC 2014

Oops! I guess we are not allowed to use links here. The link that I tried to post is this:
	http://www.inkjetmall.com/tech/showthread.php?228-3800-LC-channel-completely-missing/page2

By the way, I stopped receiving messages from this list sometime last April or May. I figured it was just slow and then maybe that it had lost its home and died. A few days ago I happened to go to the webmail page of my main email service and what do think I found in the junk folder? 7 months of messages from this list. Yippee! I have waded thru it all and there are several conversations I would have loved to participate in, so I hope no one objects if I reopen some old threads in the next few weeks.

I am thrilled that this list is still alive and well, and to be a part of it again.

Cheers to all,
Keith

On Jan 28, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Keith Schreiber wrote:

> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _____ 
>>> 
>>> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org
>>> [mailto:alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf
>> 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/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> "Live as if you are going to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you are going to
>>>> live forever".  Mahatma Gandhi
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> "Earth" without "art" is just "Eh"!  (Anonymous graffiti posted on
>>> Facebook)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> “Madonne e fiori, trionfo eterno di gioventù!”  from Mattinata Fiorentina
>>> by
>>>> Antonella Ruggiero
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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