Recent content by strobemonkey

thanks Stratman for those links and guides. I am still soaking the head just in case. @Harvey - if the printhead is damaged, I'll just use the printer to print black, and buy another epson which is easier to maintain and better with CISS. It's a shame as I have only used half of the ink bottles...

I run the print head under the tap with warm water for 10 minutes or so, then use syringe with gentle pressure to push the "mixture of drugs" to the inlet port. I never touch the bottom part of the print head, I use the orange clip that came with it to protect it. I soaked it for more than 10...

I'm using a mixture of 90% alcohol, a window cleaner, and distilled water.

this is really frustrating, with my epson p50, if there is a missing color, I just print and print the missing color until it appears....

What I did was use a fully working yellow cart and I just swapped the chips. The test print was still the same pattern but yellow. So my guess is it is safe to rule out a "starving cartridge". Ruled out so far: 1. Purge pump 2. Starving cyan cartridge now tried to wash the print head with...

Thanks Harvey and Stratman, There was no error message at all. I forgot to mention I have done your suggestion (D) and the water disappeared. So I guess it is not a purge pump issue. Can I just buy a magenta compatible cartridge to try instead of OEM? edit: This started happening after I...

Hi all I don't know what is wrong with my printer. I have done so many deep cleanings, removed the printhead and soaked in alcohol, glass cleaner, washed with distilled water to no avail. Here is a scan: Please help, thank you. Edit: forgot to mention it is the magenta causing the problem...

An easy way is to print on water decals. Very easy and you can transfer it to any uneven surface. There's loads on ebay like this : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20pcs-A4-Inkjet-Water-Slide-Decal-Transfer-Paper-Craft-/300489316986?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item45f68f1a7a

subscribing to thread... big thanks Op..

I tried to open the site and my antivirus blocked it. It says "an intrusion attempt by alamadosdor.com was blocked. HTTP Fragus Toolkit Download Activity. Source address 193.105.207.130 .

that's excellent find Tim, I normally just google up the colour I want then print until I get solid colour. Now its simple...

Thanks for the explanation. This is why I asked a few weeks ago if I buy a printer/monitor calibrator, will I get a good result as close to using OEm inks with OEM papers.

@marceltho - well said! As a photography enthusiast, I need colour accuracy and longevity. So far I've never been happy with 3rd party inks.

that's also the case with my epson p50. I am still using my old refillble cartridges wit auto reset chips. Just wait for the printer to prompt you to change whichever cartridge the printer thinks is empty then just remove that and refill it if needed then put it back in. According to the...

I have done my own tests with epson vs. Canon disc printing and find epson printer using oem inks with taiyo yuden watershield dvds to be the best. I will highly recommend epson P50 for disc printing.