Epson stylus photo r3000 troubleshooting plus#

Epson stylus photo r3000 troubleshooting plus#

Plus it's the last generation large format Epson printer that easily takes refillable carts your R3000 is the same vintage - plus it will take roll paper.Ĭaveat: if you only occasionally print out a small print to stick on the fridge and you're not too fussed about quality, then those inexpensive Canon printers might be a better choice afterall. I use the Epson 3880 for my printing and it's a fantastic machine. Here's a link to a video on YouTube created by Inkjet Mall specifically regarding cleaning the Epson R3000. The absolute best source of advice on cleaning an Epson printer that I have ever found is over at Inkjet Mall (Jon Cone's business). If a couple cleaning cycles and letting it sit for a day doesn't fix you're problem, then you may need to physically clean up. Epson says don't run more than four without letting it sit for six hours. Have you run a cleaning cycle (page 36 of the manual)? You can run more than one, but you need to be careful. When I had blotches like you're describing, that usually meant a cleaning was in order. MK or PK will be one of them it switches between them for the same nozzle. When you do a nozzle check you should see 8 squares. I see that Canon Pro-100s are $59: awfully tempting to junk this POS printer (and $125 worth of ink cartridges :-((( ) and start over. Is this due to a clogged head or some other problem? When I do a 'Nozzle Check' I get 8 square patterns, not nine, but the ninth (on the right side of the page) is probably MK which may not print when I have the printer set to use PK? When I make a print on this thing I get splotches or just plain drops of black ink at random places on the print, obviously ruining the print.