I got one of these as a "throwaway" someone didn't want it anymore. It came with some epson cartridges so I said. OK, these are known to be bad boys but can I tame it?
First check. Totally no output. Four colors.....nada. Head cleanings..... Nada not even one drop.
OK, I said time for some invasive experimentation. Got some silicone tubing and a syringe. Filled some water and started to flush the heads. I put about 10cc of water through each nozzle and collected it with a super absorbent systhetic chamois underneath. Next, I soaked the resting pad and gently used my syringe as a vacuum to suck up the water "thru" the pad.
Left it overnight.
Next day, did the initial prime etc.....got some banding. All colors are flowing thru but "certain" nozzles appear blocked.
Did some head cleanings, it got worse. Some colors are going for the worse or starting to get clogged again.
So I say to myself, I wonder if the pump is working? I remove the rear cover to view the waste ink tube and watch it as it goes through a head cleaning. Absolutely nothing.
So I yank out the tubes and separate the elbow arrangement. First I check the rearmost tube. it is plugged with solidified ink. I compress the silicone tube throught the length and some particles fall out. I attached the syringe and try to blow through the tube. It is so plugged the silicone tube stretches a bit. So I then add water and start toppump into the tube, finally, the clog comes through and there is this "booger" of dye ink that come out. It is like jelly.
Next I attach the elbow to the tube and this one is also totally clogged as well. No amount of syringe pressure will release this clog, so what I do is put some water into the syringe and pump it back and forth, dissolving the clog. Finally a soldified piece of ink come through.
Looks like this Durabrite pigment ink is really a bad thing. No wonder Epson has so much trouble with these. I decide I'm switching this baby back to dyebase ink.
So I start emptying the cartridges with a bottom fill adapter. The black ink comes out like mud, and is really viscous. As i dilute it in water. you can actually see particles and it is out of the original epson cartridge! The other colors are not speckled with particles but the ink is very viscous.
Next step is to refill the cartridges with water, flush it through and then refill with dyebase ink.
Do you guys think it will work with dyebase ink?
First check. Totally no output. Four colors.....nada. Head cleanings..... Nada not even one drop.
OK, I said time for some invasive experimentation. Got some silicone tubing and a syringe. Filled some water and started to flush the heads. I put about 10cc of water through each nozzle and collected it with a super absorbent systhetic chamois underneath. Next, I soaked the resting pad and gently used my syringe as a vacuum to suck up the water "thru" the pad.
Left it overnight.
Next day, did the initial prime etc.....got some banding. All colors are flowing thru but "certain" nozzles appear blocked.
Did some head cleanings, it got worse. Some colors are going for the worse or starting to get clogged again.
So I say to myself, I wonder if the pump is working? I remove the rear cover to view the waste ink tube and watch it as it goes through a head cleaning. Absolutely nothing.
So I yank out the tubes and separate the elbow arrangement. First I check the rearmost tube. it is plugged with solidified ink. I compress the silicone tube throught the length and some particles fall out. I attached the syringe and try to blow through the tube. It is so plugged the silicone tube stretches a bit. So I then add water and start toppump into the tube, finally, the clog comes through and there is this "booger" of dye ink that come out. It is like jelly.
Next I attach the elbow to the tube and this one is also totally clogged as well. No amount of syringe pressure will release this clog, so what I do is put some water into the syringe and pump it back and forth, dissolving the clog. Finally a soldified piece of ink come through.
Looks like this Durabrite pigment ink is really a bad thing. No wonder Epson has so much trouble with these. I decide I'm switching this baby back to dyebase ink.
So I start emptying the cartridges with a bottom fill adapter. The black ink comes out like mud, and is really viscous. As i dilute it in water. you can actually see particles and it is out of the original epson cartridge! The other colors are not speckled with particles but the ink is very viscous.
Next step is to refill the cartridges with water, flush it through and then refill with dyebase ink.
Do you guys think it will work with dyebase ink?