Moderator: E.J. Peiker

All times are UTC-05:00

  
« Previous topic | Next topic »  
Reply to topic  
 First unread post  | 14 posts | 
by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Fri May 22, 2020 11:13 pm
User avatar
RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto
Forum Contributor
Posts: 6503
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: pasadena, ca.
I have an Epson R2880 and have never had a problem getting it to pretty accurately print the color red. 
I have an image now which regardless of what I've tried will not print reds as red. I get pink, lilac but no red.
Printer nozzles are clean
Ideas?
http://www.gon2foto.net (current site)   
The grandeur of nature is God's glory.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Sat May 23, 2020 6:45 pm
User avatar
E.J. Peiker
Senior Technical Editor
Posts: 86760
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
Location: Arizona
Member #:00002
If your monitor is properly calibrated and red isn't coming out as red then I don't think your print heads are working properly. Either the head has failed or the nozzles are indeed clogged.
 

by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sat May 23, 2020 10:51 pm
User avatar
RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto
Forum Contributor
Posts: 6503
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: pasadena, ca.
E.J. Peiker wrote:If your monitor is properly calibrated and red isn't coming out as red then I don't think your print heads are working properly.  Either the head has failed or the nozzles are indeed clogged.
The other colors in the print are accurate. What do you mean when you said the head may have failed?
I ran a test sheet on the heads and there were no breaks. In spite of that I did a nozzle cleaning and still no red.
http://www.gon2foto.net (current site)   
The grandeur of nature is God's glory.
 

by delong1301 on Sun May 24, 2020 8:48 am
delong1301
Forum Contributor
Posts: 83
Joined: 23 Jun 2008
Curious.....are you using Epson ink? I got cheap once and bought re-manufactured ink.....what a disaster! The greens looked like a sick blue.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Sun May 24, 2020 10:49 am
User avatar
E.J. Peiker
Senior Technical Editor
Posts: 86760
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
Location: Arizona
Member #:00002
If you are certain that the entire pattern is printing (many people miss an entire block that hasn't printed so there aren't any broken lines, there aren't any lines) then I wonder if you have some really badly expired inks that have shifted in color. The next thing to do would be to replace the magenta and yellow inks which are used to make red. If it's been a long time, maybe just replace them all. And replace them with OEM Epson inks.
 

by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sun May 24, 2020 12:31 pm
User avatar
RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto
Forum Contributor
Posts: 6503
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: pasadena, ca.
E.J. Peiker wrote:If you are certain that the entire pattern is printing (many people miss an entire block that hasn't printed so there aren't any broken lines, there aren't any lines) then I wonder if you have some really badly expired inks that have shifted in color.  The next thing to do would be to replace the magenta and yellow inks which are used to make red.  If it's been a long time, maybe just replace them all.  And replace them with OEM Epson inks.
It looks as if you were correct about the test page. The last block was missing. I used the "clean heads" utility twice and the last block is now visible, but there are a lot of breaks in the pattern.I already changed both the yellow and magenta inksAny suggestions other than to keep repeating head cleaning. I am using new Epson inks
Thanks
http://www.gon2foto.net (current site)   
The grandeur of nature is God's glory.
 

by signgrap on Mon May 25, 2020 7:01 am
User avatar
signgrap
Lifetime Member
Posts: 1776
Joined: 1 Sep 2004
Location: Delaware Water Gap, PA
Member #:00424
If you have some broken lines you still have some nozzles which are blocked and you still need do more "clean heads". There should be NO missing lines in the nozzle check pattern.
Dick Ludwig
 

by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon May 25, 2020 9:11 am
User avatar
RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto
Forum Contributor
Posts: 6503
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: pasadena, ca.
RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:If you are certain that the entire pattern is printing (many people miss an entire block that hasn't printed so there aren't any broken lines, there aren't any lines) then I wonder if you have some really badly expired inks that have shifted in color.  The next thing to do would be to replace the magenta and yellow inks which are used to make red.  If it's been a long time, maybe just replace them all.  And replace them with OEM Epson inks.
It looks as if you were correct about the test page. The last block was missing. I used the "clean heads" utility twice and the last block is now visible, but there are a lot of breaks in the pattern.I already changed both the yellow and magenta inksAny suggestions other than to keep repeating head cleaning. I am using new Epson inks
Thanks
Multiple head cleanings finally worked. Thanks for the tip about the missing block. If it wasn't the last one in the row of blocks, I probably would have noticed it was missing
http://www.gon2foto.net (current site)   
The grandeur of nature is God's glory.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Mon May 25, 2020 3:24 pm
User avatar
E.J. Peiker
Senior Technical Editor
Posts: 86760
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
Location: Arizona
Member #:00002
Yeah, with Epson printer's it's almost always a complete blockage. Glad you got it figured out.
 

by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon May 25, 2020 5:04 pm
User avatar
RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto
Forum Contributor
Posts: 6503
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: pasadena, ca.
E.J. Peiker wrote:Yeah, with Epson printer's it's almost always a complete blockage.  Glad you got it figured out.
I wasted a lot of ink getting that straight. I've had this printer a long time. Any recommendations if I decide to get a new one?
http://www.gon2foto.net (current site)   
The grandeur of nature is God's glory.
 

by signgrap on Mon May 25, 2020 8:47 pm
User avatar
signgrap
Lifetime Member
Posts: 1776
Joined: 1 Sep 2004
Location: Delaware Water Gap, PA
Member #:00424
The thing to consider first is how often will you be using the printer? Long periods of unuse is what cause the nozzles to glog.
Dick Ludwig
 

by E.J. Peiker on Wed May 27, 2020 5:06 pm
User avatar
E.J. Peiker
Senior Technical Editor
Posts: 86760
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
Location: Arizona
Member #:00002
The new printers aren't nearly as likely to clog as an old model like the 2880. What size prints do you want to be able to print?
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:31 am
User avatar
Cynthia Crawford
Moderator
Posts: 20371
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
Location: Vermont
Member #:00733
Hi Richard

I just got a P800 and after a few bumps in the road, I'm very pleased with it. I had similar problems as your 2880 with my 3880 and finally got a cleaning kit. That worked , but I don't trust it-the "new" inks I get for it are sometimes old already. P800 will take a roll feed if you want to pay extra. They might be a bit hard to find-I see they are out of stock on the Epson site-guess I was lucky to get one with a $300 rebate! Looks like the new P900 is still not on the market (actually cheaper than the P800), but if you 2880 is working now, theP900 (or P700) might be worth waiting for. Have a look at this thread for more discussion:
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=288450
Good luck!
Cynthia (Cindy) Crawford-Moderator, Photo & Digital Art
web site: http://www.creaturekinships.net
"If I Keep a Green Bough in My Heart, the Singing Bird Will Come"  Chinese Proverb
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:05 pm
User avatar
Cynthia Crawford
Moderator
Posts: 20371
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
Location: Vermont
Member #:00733
Cynthia Crawford wrote:Hi Richard

I just got a P800 and after a few bumps in the road, I'm very pleased with it. I had similar problems as your 2880 with my 3880 and finally got a cleaning kit. That worked , but I don't trust it-the "new" inks I get for it are sometimes old already. P800 will take a roll feed if you want to pay extra. They might be a bit hard to find-I see they are out of stock on the Epson site-guess I was lucky to get one with a $300 rebate! Looks like the new P900 is still not on the market (actually cheaper than the P800), but if you 2880 is working now, theP900 (or P700)  might be worth waiting for. Have a look at this thread for more discussion:
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=288450
Good luck!
Actually, B&H has this printer on sale now for $100 less than I paid for it from Epson! (grrr)
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... inter.html
Cynthia (Cindy) Crawford-Moderator, Photo & Digital Art
web site: http://www.creaturekinships.net
"If I Keep a Green Bough in My Heart, the Singing Bird Will Come"  Chinese Proverb
 

Display posts from previous:  Sort by:  
14 posts | 
  

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group