Yay! Glad it worked for you Ann. Now I have more confidence in trying it on my free R800. :) Just need to get a set of inks for it.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Ann, > > I'm very glad to hear that the 'new' R2400 has worked out! May you have many > many prints to come out of it. :-) > > G > >> On Mar 11, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Congratulations, Ann on your capable >> and determined persistence in >> restoring that printer to a capable >> tool! >> Was hoping! >> J >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 8:08 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Don't know if you were in at the beginning of this saga- I bought a used >>> one that was scarcely used and had been sitting around for almost two years >>> idle, with the cartridges -in- the printer. If your's was never set up I'd >>> guess you are in great shape - >>> >>> ann >>> >>>> On 3/11/2016 10:42 AM, Mark Stringer wrote: >>>> Congrats. I have one. Talk about confused I bought it when the film to >>>> digital revolution was going on. I didn't convert well and moved around a >>>> lot. I still have it and never used it so I am looking to get it set up >>>> now. Hope it works. >>>> >>>>> On 3/11/2016 9:28 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>>>> Thanks to Darren for posting that link to Robb's method (not our Robb, a >>>>> different Robb:-) ) for unclogging >>>>> dead heads.. it took a couple of days, but that, followed by the >>>>> standard head cleaning procedure and I got >>>>> a perfectly acceptable print just now. >>>>> >>>>> Below is the essence of what Darren posted earlier. I used the formula >>>>> for the homemade stuff except using >>>>> plain household ammonia instead actual Windex, as that was the key >>>>> ingredient.. >>>>> >>>>> I also consulted a friend of mine who taught chemistry who immediately >>>>> pointed out that using vinegar instead >>>>> was a BAD idea! >>>>> >>>>> I started out with a printer that produced a nozzle check pattern where >>>>> 3 of the 8 ports were totally blocked, not >>>>> the tiniest bit if ink appearing.. a couple were ok with new ink and the >>>>> others spotty. >>>>> after a couple of days of Robb's procedure, and a total of about 6 >>>>> standard head cleaning runs and 3 or 4 >>>>> test with a test sheet I made up inspired by another vid I saw finally >>>>> today I have me a fully operational >>>>> R2400... Hurray! >>>>> >>>>> Darren wrote: >>>>> I like (much better) this guy's tutorial: >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1hxljJhi9M >>>>> His use of aquarium pump tubing as a reservoir/sight glass is ingenious. >>>>> Also worthwhile is his formula for DIY Inkjet print head cleaner: >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHUQAZFdTOM >>>>> >>>>> ann, the happy but poorer camper > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
