Epson R200 - problem

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Hi
I have Epson R200 printer. When I change the only one cartridge
(whatever which one), printer cleaning all of them (10% capacity of
each). Do you have any idea what should I do to save ink when changing
the cartridge? (disable cleaning other cartridge than the new one)

Best regards,
Peter
 
Hi
I have Epson R200 printer. When I change the only one cartridge
(whatever which one), printer cleaning all of them (10% capacity of
each). Do you have any idea what should I do to save ink when changing
the cartridge? (disable cleaning other cartridge than the new one)
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you can't.
 
There is nothing you can do regarding the method of cleaning the
R200/300/240/. this is the way they are designed see posts from Arthur
Entlich in which he gives a much fuller explanation, however there are a
couple of things you may wish to consider. If you do twice weekly nozzle
tests, this with any luck will keep the heads clean, if not run a purge
sheet of the colour that's effected which may help to clear any mis-firing
of the heads, if that fails use cleaning carts but if you remove the carts
and replace them again the printer will use ink as when first fitted, you
will also loose a percentage after three nozzle tests as the printer carries
out a part clean after three or four. Really with the amount of ink in a
cart about 14ml you don't have much to start with.

I have found using a CIS is the answer you get between 75 ml and 100ml
stored plus always full cart chips, the real benift comes in the reduced
prices of these kits, I have seen them as low as ?36 complete with
pre-filled spongeless carts, so you have a plug and play ink system, old
carts out, new ones in and away you go, all the ink in the world. Don't let
our Troll put you off third party ink, it's fine as any of the regular
posters will tell you. I use it on an Epson 2100 and R300 and have not had a
single problem, find a good dealer and stick with him.
 
peterphk said:
Hi
I have Epson R200 printer. When I change the only one cartridge
(whatever which one), printer cleaning all of them (10% capacity of
each). Do you have any idea what should I do to save ink when changing
the cartridge? (disable cleaning other cartridge than the new one)

Best regards,
Peter
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I hope the 10% figure you note above is out by a factor of 10 or more,
otherwise I'll go broke in no time (I just bought the Epson 220 for
printing on CD's only).
 
I hope the 10% figure you note above is out by a factor of 10 or more,
otherwise I'll go broke in no time (I just bought the Epson 220 for
printing on CD's only).
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When I re-routed my waste tube to a starbucks mug... I saw how much ink
was wasted in the cleaning cycles. It's pretty massive... it seems
that almost 1/2 was wasted... but I didn't meter it exactly. Using the
CSS utility one can actually get a drop count and have some idea of how
much is wasted... but needless to say MUCH is wasted.

I switched to the canon pixma for CD printing. While I prefer the
Epson in terms of color, ability to print on all sorts of media without
tweeking... I found it to be more reliable.

-us models can be CD printing enabled-
http://pixma.webpal.info/

As for the cleaning, while the SSC utility it says you can clean and or
purge individual takes, near as I can tell it does not work. I think
it has to do with the fact that when the motor goes in reverse it sucks
the ink right out of the head. Arthur
Entlich has more details and can verify this.
 
Shooter said:
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I have found using a CIS is the answer you get between 75 ml and 100ml
stored plus always full cart chips, the real benift comes in the reduced
prices of these kits, I have seen them as low as ?36 complete with
pre-filled spongeless carts, so you have a plug and play ink system, old
carts out, new ones in and away you go, all the ink in the world.
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Just beware that the cheap sets usually are a classic case of "pay
peanuts, get monkeys".. Check around for a bit to get a reliable CIS kit
and always check the reviews are from reliable sources rather than shills.
 
There is really no way to stop the printer from cleaning all the heads
at once. It is how the printer cleaning station is designed.

It may be worthwhile to consider replacing several cartridges at the
same time if they are close to reading empty. Then you can use these
units up together, so they all run out in approximately the same time.

Also, in terms of this strategy, keep in mind that the light cyan and
magenta inks are used up at approximately twice the rate of the CM or Y
colors. Yellow is often next in line of the CMY, and black really
depends on how black is used in images or text.

Art
 
Martin said:
Just beware that the cheap sets usually are a classic case of "pay
peanuts, get monkeys".. Check around for a bit to get a reliable CIS
kit and always check the reviews are from reliable sources rather
than shills.
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I THOUGHT IS WAS PAY BANANAS AND GET MONKEYS. IF YOU PAY PEANUTS YOU
GET ELPHANTS.
 
I am not sure if this can help you out, but apparently you can try to
get some ink system that has chipset which can reduce the cleaning
times.

http://www.InkRepublic.com/ProductDetail.asp?item=R200
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That's a CIS (continuous ink supply) system and it's probably useful to
clarify this a bit.

The chips Ink Republic use are now becoming more common in that instead
of resetting to 100% full (and thus causing the printer to re-prime the
print head.. ie: using a lot of ink!) they now reset to around 90% or so
which avoids the priming "cost".

This doesn't directly link to the OP's problem but in a round about way
it can reduce ink wastage if you print a lot. In all honesty, I don't
think it's particularly relevant in this instance though.
 
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