Its was not only a desktop photographic printer but a workhog printer for production The previous owner did print ALOT with the R3000 and sold the pictures on Etsy Dawanda and art shows. but these would never reveal before tousands of prints or after serveral years of use. The technician told me that there ways a serious manifacturing problem with SOME units. My R3000 had the same problem, Black Ink drips on prints ALWAYS.
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I've looked at some of the other posts in this forum on ink-drip problems with Epson R3000 printers, but there don't seem to be any definitive answers.Īny suggestions on how to investigate this - or do I need to have it looked at by Epson? The warranty has recently expired. I'm not sure how to examine the moving print head to look for leaks in the black ink pipes and their unions. This problem started quite suddenly, but I have no idea where to look first in order to identify and rectify the problem. If I blot the excess ink off the foam pad with a tissue, the next print may be OK, but the black ink drips inevitably return as before on the second or third print. The absorbent plastic-foam strip which runs beneath the length of the print rail is visibly sodden with black ink in the short raised area at the left hand end (opposite end from where the print head is parked ). These drips are actually little pools of liquid ink sufficient to run down the paper if it is held vertically after it emerges from the printer. My Epson R3000 has started leaving drips of black ink on colour prints. I've looked at some of the other posts in this forum on ink-drip problems with Epson R3000 printers, but there don't seem to be any definitive answers.Īny suggestions on how to investigate this - or do I need to have it looked at by Epson? The warranty has recently expired. I'm not sure how to examine the moving print head to look for leaks in the black ink pipes and their unions. This problem started quite suddenly, but I have no idea where to look first in order to identify and rectify the problem.
If I blot the excess ink off the foam pad with a tissue, the next print may be OK, but the black ink drips inevitably return as before on the second or third print. The absorbent plastic-foam strip which runs beneath the length of the print rail is visibly sodden with black ink in the short raised area at the left hand end (opposite end from where the print head is parked ).