Overall though, cost wise you're talking £25 + shipping vs' new printer and the R1900, R2000 is plenty expensive enough that despite my obvious commercial leanings still wouldn't toss the printer without giving it a shot. Keep printing costs low with cheap cartridges for your Epson printer. Huge savings with next day delivery available and 100 Satisfaction Guarantee. They have the exact same problem and no means of resolving the problem whatsoever although "The Hat" on forum has installed a Printer Potty on his Pro-1 (coming a cropper in the process) so there's some reading on the subject there if you fancy it.Ĭanons, as a rule don't generate as much waste ink or hit the same point as quickly but that seems to be changing with some models so worth bearing in mind. Exceptional deals on Epson Stylus Photo R3000 Ink Cartridges. OEM, compatible and remanufactured available. What about Canon 10 or Canon 1 printers, they have same issues? Thanks in advance! Shop for Epson Stylus Photo R3000 inkjet printer cartridges at Island Ink-Jet and save. They have a replaceable maintenance box that costs around £18 ($25 or so). The only follow on cost is the WICReset key (less than $10) when the printer reaches the same point in the future (roughly 2 years based on what you've said so far).ĭo the Epson 3880 have this same problem or are they built different? That and the cost is one time for the kit as it's designed to be re-usable. It can be a bit of a faff initially but the Printer Potty kits and instructions are designed to reduce the faff to 30 minutes rather than 4+ hours.
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Resetting the waste ink counter is possible on a Windows 7 or earlier machine if you have the right AdjProg but frankly if time is an issue, then a WICReset key and the appropriate WICReset (windows) or iWIC (MacOS) tool will get that part resolved pretty quickly. The good news there is that you can basically dab it up using paper towels or other materials like sanitary pads, etc.Ģ. An external waste ink kit will not deal with any waste ink generated from borderless printing as it's dumped into the platen pad. Obviously I'm biased as to which brand you should get but it's not a huge job.ġ. Anything I can do to take care of the problem myself? Any suggestions? I print ALOT and this happens to me like every 2 years with Epson printers, referring to Epson R1900 and R2000.Īs Joe said you can fit an external waste tank and solve the problem.
Epson support tells me to take it to an Epson Dealer (which is a 2 1/2 hour drive just 1 way) to have them check it out. My epson R2000 will no longer do anything and says "The printers Ink Pads are at the End of their Service Life".