Dead R2400?

hlockwood · 02-05-2012

After installing a replacement CIS system, an external waste tank, getting a couple of piezography profiles done by Inkjet Mall and a few other improvements, I've been able to print a few beautifully toned images.

Then suddenly, I got flashing lights, alternating between the paper-advance button and the ink-drop button. The printer is frozen in place. I tried several tricks involving powering down and restarting holding down various button combos, disconnecting by removing the power at the outlet, etc., all to no avail.

I can't find any explanation for this symptom anywhere, but I wonder if it's the waste pad reset problem. With that thought, I searched high and low for the trick to reset the printer. It seems that reset software exists for a Windows-based system but not for a Mac.

Any thoughts, suggestions will be most welcome.

Harry

aad · 02-05-2012

If nothing else, find someone with a Windows laptop or something and run the reset.

shadowfox · 02-06-2012

Your best bet is to find someone who makes a living reviving Epson printers. I'm in Dallas, Texas and I can find at least one. I would be very surprised if you can't find one in Boston area.

FYI, I dumped two 2400 printers in the past (similar painful and expensive experience) and now I used Canon Pixma 9500. I will never buy Epson inkjet again, at least until they redesign their printers to allow user-replaceable heads.

hlockwood · 02-07-2012

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Originally Posted by shadowfox

Your best bet is to find someone who makes a living reviving Epson printers. I'm in Dallas, Texas and I can find at least one. I would be very surprised if you can't find one in Boston area.

FYI, I dumped two 2400 printers in the past (similar painful and expensive experience) and now I used Canon Pixma 9500. I will never buy Epson inkjet again, at least until they redesign their printers to allow user-replaceable heads.

I'm in touch with a local Epson repair facility to that end. But in order to bring the printer to them, I need to remove the CIS, which I can't do because I can't get the print head out of its locked parking position. I may take a metal shears to the cover as a last resort.

As for replacing the 2400, my dilemma is that I'm dedicated to piezography K7 inks and the profiles for that system. You can't beat the beautiful tonality that comes from 7 shades of carbon pigments. And combined with no-OBA paper such as Canson Photographique Rag (cool) or Entrada FA Nat (warm) you get an archival print to cover most image content.

That said, I may have to rethink my entire approach to archival grayscale printing. After all, at my age, I don't even buy green bananas.

Harry

P.S. I will have a look at the Canon printers.

hlockwood · 02-07-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by hlockwood

I'm in touch with a local Epson repair facility to that end. But in order to bring the printer to them, I need to remove the CIS, which I can't do because I can't get the print head out of its locked parking position. I may take a metal shears to the cover as a last resort.

SNIP

That said, I may have to rethink my entire approach to archival grayscale printing. After all, at my age, I don't even buy green bananas.

Harry

P.S. I will have a look at the Canon printers.

Well, I took the damn thing apart to get at the print head, and I successfully removed the CIS system. Whew, that was a bit scary without a manual.

Now it's off to the repair facility. Probably another $300 for a new print head.

Will report back on the outcome.

Harry