Will it work?

[Lou]

Have an Epson 880 inkjet.
Not used for six months since it ran out of ink.
Question is: Will it work when I drop in new cartridges? Or what to do
to try to be sure it will work. Question comes up after seeing all the
clogging posts re Epson.

Say Art: If you reply, PLEASE post at the end - thats how I read (top
to bottom).

TIA

Lou

 

[Jan Alter]

Have an Epson 880 inkjet.
Not used for six months since it ran out of ink.
Question is: Will it work when I drop in new cartridges? Or what to do
to try to be sure it will work. Question comes up after seeing all the
clogging posts re Epson.

Say Art: If you reply, PLEASE post at the end - thats how I read (top
to bottom).

TIA

Lou

As long as you left the old cartridges in the machine it should probably
work after you've gone through 3 to 5 cleaning cycles. Don't forget to use
the software Utility to carry out this procedure; running a nozzle check
then a cleaning then a nozzle check etc. Every third cleaning the Epson will
go through a more rigorous clean and create more of a vacuum to pull more
ink through the head if you follow this pattern as a series.
The 880 uses dye base ink and is a lot easier to maintain than the
current C series of printers that use the Durabrite-"Clog It Fast" inks, and
you'll most likely get your printer running OK. Just try to use a decent ink
that's in date.

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Say Art: If you reply, PLEASE post at the end - thats how I read (top

to bottom).

Sorry Lou, I only come in just one flavor - top posting, no other
versions available ;-) Deal with it ;-)

Besides don't you remember what you wrote? Why do you have to read it
again? (And I thought I had a poor short term memory!) ;-)

You are not required to read my reply if you find it too difficult to
read my top posted answer, or if it offends you.

If the printer was stored without ink cartridges installed it will
definitely need:

Underhead cleaning, cleaning station flushing, and cleaning cartridges
and head purging. (All covered in my manual) to flush out the old dry
ink before bothering with new cartridge. Good news is if you were using
typical inks for it they are dye inks and water soluble.

It will probably still need a bit of TLC if there were partially filled
ink cartridges in use and left in the printer when it was shut down. I
would at least do an underhead cleaning and add some cleaning fluid mix
to the cartridges (in part to reconstitute the ink viscosity, since it
probably lost some water and other volatiles). That may be all it requires.

If you need ta copy of the Epson Cleaning Manual email me at:

e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org

(at) = @
(dot) = .

Art

"real men don't bottom post" ;-) << That's a joke, OK?