How to store an inkjet printer, in particular an Epson

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Gramps

I have an antique Epson 800 that I'm going to retire for a time. It
has been printing w/o issue, but I want to print directly on DVDs, and
at $29US I couldn't turn down an Epson R200.

How should I prepare the 800 for storage? I don't want to be storing
it if the heads are going to clog.

All suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
G
 
I would imagine storing by inserting a cleaning cartridge giving it
flush or two and leaving them in, but don't take me as being correct
and feel that this does depend on the amount of time of not bein
used

If you leave them without an ink cartridge they will get an airloc
which, according to Epson will damage the heads, you'll get a load o
ink sitting on a volume of air which just can't be shifted plus th
heads will dry out and clog

If you leave them with a new cartridge in you'll probably end up wit
a load of dried ink in the nozzles

"It's kinda like being between the devil and the deep blue sea"

Dav
 
Hi,

I'm in agreement with Davy to use cleaning cartridges if you intend to
store longer than 3 months. If you are not going to go that route at least
stick in some fairly new cartridges, place the printer in a plastic trash
bag (additionally I throw in a moist sponge), expell as much air as
possible, and place in a dark closet. Heck you can even put a bowl of water
near it. Under no circumstances should you remove the cartridges, as air
will either eventually cause the ink to dry out or cause a clog by vapor
lock.
 
The only way to store an Epson inkjet printer for any real length of
time is having flushed the heads of all ink residue.

To do so, you need to buy some virgin ink cartridge and fill them with
cleaning fluid, either home made of from a company selling the liquid,
and fill the cartridge. Install them and run both cleaning/purge cycles
and printing until the ink images is not there but the paper is still
getting damp.

It would also be wise to do an underhead cleaning at the same size.
Then remove the cartridges and store the printer in a dutfree environment.

If storage will be for several months only, you can leave the ink
cartridges in. but before shutting down add some water to the ink
cleaning center of the printer and allow those pads to get good and wet
and then shut the printer. Place the printer into a good plastic bag
you can close and place a slightly damp sponge or damp paper outside the
printer itself but within the bag to keep the humidity up a bit.

Art
 
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