Is My Printer Worth Repairing?

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Reg Mouatt

Hi,
I have an Epson Stylus Colour 800 and just recently, with a fairly
new cartridge installed, it stopped printing in black. Ran a number of
cleaning cycles without success, replaced with a cleaning cartridge,
ran the cleaning cycles again, also without success. Inserted a new
cartridge, ran the cleaning cycles again and same result as before. Is
there something reasonably simple I can try before I decide it is
beyond my expertise and is the cost of repairing going to be worth it?

Reg M
 
Last time I checked on a 600 I had, the cost of the head assy. itself
was close to the cost of a new printer.
I don't guess it has changed.
 
I have the same printer, not in use currently. But I
know you can buy empty cleaning cartriges and fill
them with windex, and soak the heads (jets) and the
sponge (inside the printer where the head assembly
rests) with windex as well. It acts as a powerful
solvent for dried ink. A bit of a project.

Alex
 
Thanks to each, you are confirming what I already suspected, that it
is not going to be worth the time and effort and should now be looking
for a new printer.

Reg M


Hi,
I have an Epson Stylus Colour 800 and just recently, with a fairly
new cartridge installed, i
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Thanks to each, you are confirming what I already suspected, that it
is not going to be worth the time and effort and should now be looking
for a new printer.

Reg M
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If you can disassemble the printer to get ate the nozzles (no loss if
you cannt re-assemble it), you could steam the nozzles.
 
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If you can disassemble the printer to get ate the nozzles (no loss if
you cannt re-assemble it), you could steam the nozzles.
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Thanks for that, it's the sort of thing I might be tempted to have a
go at eventually but first I think I will reinsert a cleaning
cartridge and leave it for a day or so and see if that produces any
result. I suspect as my printer stopped printing directly after
completing a job and is normally used fairly regularly that this is a
bit more than dried ink.

Reg M
 
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