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Alan - had the same problem with a 3880 and just finished replacing the ink system, capping station and air pump. The cost was $275 for parts and about two-days of time. Installed new a piezography b&w ink in the printer and it is up and running perfectly. The printhead condition was a...

What printers do you currently have (manufacturers / models): Epson 3880 What printers have you owned in the past: Epson 1400 and Epson 1280 If you had one wish, which printer would you want: Epson 3880 What experiences do you have with refilling and/or tinkering with printers: MKS carbon on...

Thank you for responding. Here are the responses to your questions: 1. Not a drop from the cleaning cycles hit the maintenance tank. 2. I put peizoflush in the print head with a syringe and the print head printed that fluid out. Then ran a cleaning cycle and nothing more came out of the...

After getting all the nozzles on my 3880 to fire with cleanings using piezoflush, the black valve appeared to stop working. I disassembled the 3880, washed the dampers and black valve out with warm water. After reinstalling the cleaned damper assembly, I ran 4 power cleaning cycles to refill...