Digital BW, The Print

I'd earlier thought that my Epson R220 has been clogged by the use of Glop
as a base for dilution.  It now turns out that may have been a coincidence.
The printer once again started to have persistent bad nozzle checks.  Even
after cleaning the underside of the head, they continued and were not always
on the yellow position.

 

It appears the problem was a large clump of dried ink on the foam pad on the
left side of the printer as one looks into it from the front with the top
opened.  The dried ink did not want to come off.  Previously with an old
1160 that was having trouble the authorized Epson repair person suggested I
simply remove the similar foam on that printer.  We did, and the printer
worked fine for many more prints.

 

So, I removed the foam on the left with the dried ink clump, and the 220 has
worked perfectly since.  We'll see if it continues to work well.

 

At this point, I would recommend for printers that have had some heavy use,
it might be a good idea to check that pad on the left and remove it if it
has a pile of dried ink on it.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 



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