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    Smudging on some colours

    R2000 printer, 4 gaps in check pattern on cyan, 1 on magenta. I'm printing colour calibration sheet with 1440 dpi x 1404dpi and I see some smudging (see images). Left sponge cleaned 3 times in last day. What might be the reason? Fist image shows the same print with PK and MK.
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    Colour leak. Was: R2000 - how to purge gloss optimiser?

    Is there a way of purging GO or I should swap the cartridge with i.e. blue and print blue pages? I'm trying to solve intermittent problem with photo black getting into orange. Cartridge order is like here: and I think GO might be involved as well - I saw pale dots on check pattern.
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    Test image - high resolution print

    I just printed some A3 drawing with plenty of small details and I was not happy with the results. Red colour was not sharp for some reason. Is there a test image available for printing for resolution test? That style, but with colours:
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    R2000 - dripping ink from unparked print head.

    I have problem with ink dripping from unparked print head - what might be the reason? What I did: 1. Switched on the printer 2. Lifted the tray for printing cd/thick paper 3. Switched off the printer 4. Switched on the printer 2. Pulled the cable when the head moved to the middle 3. Took the...
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    Epson R2000 - manual feed problem

    I had never used manual feed tray. I decided recently to try it for lustre paper and sometimes it works fine, most of the time throws "paper jam" message or sometimes I load paper it pull it in and pushes it out through the printer immediately. I guess some sensor is dirty? Also when printer is...
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    R2000 - color spill, what's the reason?

    What might be causing this? Yellow got some darker shade, orange as well, magenta (2nd from the left) looks like it got some orange. I cleaned the "left sponge", the wiper blade and the print head with soaked sponge strip. Obviously I didn't clean something to the required level, but I'm waiting...
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    Epson R2000 wiper blade wanted

    Any idea where I can get one in Europe?
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    R2000 - Cleaning print head

    I'm cleaning the print head using stripe of wet sponge placed under the head and running it manually back and forth. The cartridges are in place - should I remove them? It looks like ink is flowing down to the sponge. I can't easily remove the head, so this is the only method for me. Edit...
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    R2000 - any linux users?

    I'm having problems establishing good printing work flow. I have calibrated monitor (Agryll + ColorHug), but I'm struggling with gutenprint/cups. The problems are: - red goes pink, even with all profiles/correction switched off - heavy banding (*) on blue (also green, but that's probably from...
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    ICC profile from Marrutt - crash of gutenprint and collink

    I got a few icc files for ink/paper from Marrutt and I hit a strange problem. The files seem to work with gimp (no crash), but they kill gutenprint (filter failed) and collink [1]. Any idea what might be wrong? I can provide all details & debug data if there is anybody willing to look at it. I...
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    Epson R2000 - priming problem

    The beginning of the story is here: https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/r2000-foam-in-print-head-rest-possible-waste-ink-problem.13923/ At some stage photo black ink cartridge was not pushed all the way down. Printer didn't notice it, because electronic is in a separate "cradle", so the...
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    R2000, foam in print head rest, possible waste ink problem

    I have R2000 for 5+ years, use Marrutt refillable cartridges - the ones with blue cradle and Marrutt ink. I got the blue cradle cartridges recently - the older ones (Marrutt as well) were showing some problems. I couldn't get the check pattern fully filled, so I decided to use magic bullet...
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    R2000 - from perfect nozzle check to 50% missing in a day

    I have epson R2000 for probably last 2 years. I use marrutt refillable cartridges with marrutt ink. The printer is not used very often and I used to have problems due lack of knowledge how to prime marrutt refillabe cartridges. Recently the printer kept perfect nozzle check, so I decided to...
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