Epson 7900 from the inside - out

[john milich]

eric:

am sending some $ to your site, keep up the good work
by the way, my shop is in the brooklyn navy yard, pretty close to bed-stuy.

jm

[Eric Gulbransen]

Soft spot in my heart for machinists, John.  Our swingarm, our triple clamps - both designed by the monkey behind the bars.  In fact half our bike was turned on a lathe.

...and you're from NY.  I'll tell my brother to look out for you.  Long line of firefighters - grandfather was Captain of Rescue 4.

Thanks brother

[Eric Gulbransen]

Vladimir called, our printhead has been thoroughly cleaned by his ultrasonic cleaning machine.  He sounds pretty confident that the clogs are clear.  Apparently he can see an obvious difference between his last visual nozzle check, pictured below, and his first visual nozzle check.  That sounds encouraging.  If this procedure works, we just breathed life back into quite a few machines otherwise headed for the scrap pile.  He's mailing our head back today, we should get it installed this weekend. 

YEY VLADIMIR!!!!

[Randy Carone]

A veritable waterfall of 'ink'. Looks promising.

[chaddro]

I have my fingers crossed Eric. I hope the "cure" did do any damage to that fragile head!

[Eric Gulbransen]

I am prepared both literally and figuratively for this printhead to be terminal.  Anything other than that will be a welcome surprise for us all   :-)

[Ernst Dinkla]

I am prepared both literally and figuratively for this printhead to be terminal.  Anything other than that will be a welcome surprise for us all   :-)

The right attitude I think. You made notes of the serial numbers etc of it before you posted it?


--
Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

Dinkla Grafische Techniek
Quad,piëzografie,giclée
www.pigment-print.com

[Eric Gulbransen]

Yes I did..

[bupalos]

Hey that's pretty exciting. I've got not 1 but 2 heads to try next...Can't wait to see if it worked for you. How will this work? Are you actually going to take delivery of the machine and offer the service, or will he do the cleanings...

Unbelievably enough, I ordered a canon 8300 on March 31 as the rebates were expiring, and had to go ahead and pay for it YESTERDAY in order to get the rebate filed by the 30 day from purchase deadline. I strung it out to the last possible second hoping for news, and of course it comes the very day after. Not so sad though. I'll have a brand new 44" with a bunch of ink in it for a grand total of $2300.

[clic]

Where did you find such a bargain, the cheapest I had seen was $3,400. with delivery.  And I thought that was pretty cheap already.

[149113]

Where did you find such a bargain, the cheapest I had seen was $3,400. with delivery.  And I thought that was pretty cheap already.

Sale is over now but this was the thread a few months back. If I were not limited in space by my current living arrangement I surely would have gotten one. It was a shade under $2300 with the rebate.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=62848.0

[clic]

Thanks.  That was on a different thread, so I did not see it, but Pro Marketing has typically the best prices I know, and that is where I thought I had seen the 8300 at $3400, with indeed 0% financing.

[jeverton]

Vladimir called, our printhead has been thoroughly cleaned by his ultrasonic cleaning machine... If this procedure works, we just breathed life back into quite a few machines otherwise headed for the scrap pile.  He's mailing our head back today, we should get it installed this weekend. 

Eagerly awaiting the final verdict Eric!  I also would like to add my head to the repair doctor's list of clients 

[Eric Gulbransen]

Vladimir's ultrasonically cleaned head is here, arrived last night.  We will install it tomorrow and see what she produces.




On a different but related note, I now have more information on how to keep tabs on the next most important element in the clog avoiding chain - the flushing box.  Some have asked how to  know when your flushing box needs cleaning.  Here's how you tell:

1 - Serviceman mode/release the head/flushing box drops down into view/open the printer's front door.
2 - Visual check;  Is it clean/free of muck/dried ink caked on/does it look different on the bottom than it does on the top?  
3 - Spray water into the face of the flushing box.  If it quickly gets absorbed and drains itself away from the face of the flushing box and toward the maintenance tank, you're all good.  If it's slow to drain, you need to clean it.
4 - Clean it once a year

FYI - this flushing box needed cleaning

[jeverton]

Another great maintenance tip!  And less than 24 hours before we know the final word...

[designpartners]

Vladimir's ultrasonically cleaned head is here, arrived last night.  We will install it tomorrow and see what she produces.

Eric, you're killing me.. I must have checked 10 different times to see if there was an update.. can't wait any more to see if it works
(I had to unsubscribe due to the number of posts)

look forward to the results, hope they are good and you get to make some wonderful prints!

[SacredEarth]

My guess is Eric is so busy making great prints on his newly restored printer he doesn't have time to post. Or... He got the printer working, sold it, and is now in Tahiti enjoying his freedom from a burdened printer, or installed the repaired head with ill results and headed straight to the bar and is now passed out cold on the bar floor. Or... In the back yard digging a 30"x20"x 6' deep hole....

[chaddro]

Ha! I think Eric took it out to Salt Flats, strapped a rocket engine on it and is now doing land speed records for the fastest printer on earth!

Take that Epson!

[clic]

He is most likely taking a nap waiting for a call from deep throat.

[elisabeth russell]

Gaahh the excitement is killing me... Hope Eric wasn't  kidnapped by DecisionONe/Epson? Course he seems pretty McGyver-ish, he'll probably whittle his way out the holding cell using spare change and shoe laces....