QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi,

About 6 months ago I mentioned to this group that I had internal leaks between channels in the head of my Epson 1500W A3 printer that I had used for QTR and normal printing.  I had given up on it and consigned it to the loft. I spotted that on ebay “refurbished” heads were available from China. Not sure what can be refurbished on a second hand head  I didn’t buy one (£60 to £80)  but did take a note from the ebay listing of the other printers that the head fitted .    At a local auction I spotted an Epson R265 A4 printer in near new condition which was on the list, my bid of £10 was accepted and after half a day taking the head out and installing it in my 1500w (using the service manuals as a guide).  It is now performing as it was when new. Interestingly the “scan” lines at the start and end of the prints that I was plagued with for a year before the head died  have also disappeared. 

The only thing I can’t do is run the Epson Adjustment Program to input head ID shown on the label on the replacement head to set up correct voltages etc etc.   I have been unable to find a copy that works and Epson won’t supply me with a copy.  As the results are so good I am not sure I need to do it.  

Just thought I would let the group know, it ended up being a very cheap repair.   

Anybody know anything about the importance of the adjustment program or where a working copy can be obtained from? 

 Cheers

Nigel in the UK

  

 

From: Nigel Richards [mailto:nrexfreeserve@...] 
Sent: 26 January 2018 09:58
To: 'QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Epson 1500W (1430 in the US) problem

 

Hi,

Seems to be a moving target, last night I saw contamination in the magenta channel as well, looks like it is on its last legs.  The cost of a new head just makes it  uneconomic to repair, shame. 

I was told yesterday that Epson UK announced to the trade that the 1500W model had ceased  production, I guess the 1430 will be the same.  The replacement uses a very different inkset. 

Cheers

Nigel

 

From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: 25 January 2018 18:45
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Epson 1500W (1430 in the US) problem

 

  

Hi Nigel,

If yellow is being contaminated by black, use the Y channel for your next darkest ink and adjust your ink description file accordingly. I used this fix for quite a while infill the printhead finally gave up. Lots of head cleaning cycles may cause this known problem. Good luck, Jim