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

bobkiss @caribsurf.com bobkiss at caribsurf.com
Tue Jan 28 21:22:55 UTC 2014 

DEAR KEITH,
     Thanks for this info and you are right: I should say "Nozzle" or
"channel", not head, which has all the nozzles for all the colors and
greys.  After all, the function is called "Nozzle Check" which shows what
is printing and what is not.
     I will try your method.
                   CHEERS!
                          BOB


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Keith Schreiber <keith at jkschreiber.com>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
> >
> >
> >
> >  _____
> >
> > From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org
> > [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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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