Digital BW, The Print

David,


I too set up a 3800 about a year ago  with the Inkjetmall refillable  
carts.  Mostly to run K7 Peizography inksets.  initially I had  
problems with some of the channels not having all of the nozzles  
clearing.   Before i could even lodge a complaint to Inkjetmall  they  
contacted me and said they were replacing my enitre cart set with a  
newer generation.  They said the original set that I was given had  
known issues.  After replacing with the new set they sent all of the  
channels cleared and have gotten perfect nozzle checks ever since.   
Printer has run very smoothly since.  I did mention to them that I  
could visually see any difference with the new set.   They said I  
wouldn't ,  that the changes were internal and would not be  
appearant.   The replacements were no charge.,  they never asked for  
the old set back.

Cheers,
Mark
On Jun 1, 2011, at 2:05 PM, davidkachel wrote:

> I really need help from this group as I am close to tossing this  
> 3800 into a wood chipper.
> About a year and a half ago I purchased a new Stylus Pro 3800, some  
> hextone inks from OVI and a set of then just-released refillable  
> cartridges from Inkjetmall.
>
> I first set up the printer with factory inks and ran a bunch of  
> prints until one of the cartridges ran out. All the prints were  
> perfect. Nothing wrong with the printer. At that point I swapped  
> out the OEM color inks for the IJM cartridges filled with the  
> hextone inks.
>
> This is when my problems started. (To date, I have never gotten a  
> single B&W print out of this expensive boondoggle.) Attempting to  
> run test pages for calibration, I kept getting worse and worse  
> results. Pages were missing big chunks of printing and nozzle  
> checks kept getting worse. The more I cleaned and checked, the  
> worse things got.
>
> Throw in a heart attack and an inconsiderate landlord who forced me  
> to move within weeks of said heart attack and here I am a year+  
> later trying to tackle this problem all over again and the  
> frustration level is high to say the least.
>
> The printer has been collecting dust for a year. Dried ink is not a  
> surprise I guess, but this one seems to be dried all the way back  
> to the factory.
>
> Here is what I have done:
>
> 1. Removed all the ink and filled all the cartridges with Windex.
> 2. Buffed the underside of the printhead with paper towel and  
> windex until even the shoe shine boy said "that's enough!!"
> 3. Run nozzle checks, Auto nozzle checks (I believe this cleans and  
> checks) and power cleanings until I have changed out the  
> maintenance tank three times.
> 4. Filled the sponges with Windex and parked the head on them  
> overnight twice.
>
> Here is what I notice:
>
> 1. Some of the lines from the cartridges to the print head are  
> still filled with ink even after all that cleaning.
> 2. Some lines appear to be filled with Windex.
> 3. The maintenance cartridge has very little ink/Windex in it when  
> it needs to be changed.
> 4. The line for the MK/Ebony ink appeared to have air in it but  
> nonetheless, it appeared to be the only one that ink was actually  
> flowing through. (Before swapping Windex for ink, that was the only  
> ink that printed on a nozzle check. However, previous attempts  
> months ago showed that ink printing poorly!
> 5. After all that cleaning and rain dancing, the levels of Windex  
> in the cartridges remain at the full line.
>
> Based on my very limited knowledge, the head is thoroughly blocked  
> and I need a nuclear solution to that problem.
>
> However, these problems all started before the printer sat for a  
> year and have only grown worse.
>
> I have found little of use searching the internet. I did see where  
> some printhead clogs have been solved by forcing Windex or hot  
> water through the print head from the ink cartridge insertion  
> point. However, this doesn't look possible with the 3800. If anyone  
> knows a way it can be done, please advise.
>
> HELP! Please! Anybody. How can I get this printer on its feet and  
> working?
>
> 



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