Thanks to the EPSON_Printers Yahoo Group this one has been brought to my attention as posted over on InkRepublic..

Epson 1900 / 2880
http://www.inkrepublic.com/KnowledgeBase/R1900-R2880WasteInk.asp

Also found this guide on InkjetFly:
http://www.inkjetfly.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29
... although this really only covers the necessary tab points to access the waste tube. Still very useful.



Last edited by Martin on Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:58 pm; edited 3 times in total
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Printers: (Canon) MP500/830, MX700, iP4000/4200/4300/4500/5200, iX4000(A3) (Epson) C84/86, D88, CX6600, R285/800/1900 (HP) K550, K850, K5400, L7680

A new guide (and possibly a video version) will hopefully be made available in the next week or so once a refurbished unit arrives early next week.

In particular I'll be looking at ways to improve the existing tube pathway out of the printer without necessarily modifying (ie: drilling) the case itself.

I'll also be testing the reset utility I located a few weeks back.


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Printers: (Canon) MP500/830, MX700, iP4000/4200/4300/4500/5200, iX4000(A3) (Epson) C84/86, D88, CX6600, R285/800/1900 (HP) K550, K850, K5400, L7680

The R1900 arrived safe and reasonably well but unfortunately owing to a problem with the GLOP (Gloss Optimiser) it's going back for replacement.

I was able to look around the unit and in the process of trying to resolve the GLOP issue I ran a number of head cleans which gave me an alarming insight into the waste ink time bomb this printer presents.

For anyone considering this printer it's worth giving some serious consideration to a continuous ink system and I'd definitely recommend an external waste ink tank of some description because this printer DRINKS ink like it's going out of fashion. Of particular note was the fact that the printer will run a full priming routine even if a cartridge is removed and replaced so if you are using normal cartridges you should give some serious consideration to replacing all cartridges under 1/3rd full whenever one cartridge reports an empty level.

I didn't realise the scale of the problem until it was too late to do any empirical research but I'd estimate that the cartridges can handle just between 6 and 8 head cleaning routines before they are virtually empty. So, given that you have 8 cartridges in, you could end up with a situation that saw you replace an entire set of cartridges one after the other without actually printing anything because each individual change would trigger a cleaning/priming routine and wipe out a large proportion of your ink.

The word is scary!


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Printers: (Canon) MP500/830, MX700, iP4000/4200/4300/4500/5200, iX4000(A3) (Epson) C84/86, D88, CX6600, R285/800/1900 (HP) K550, K850, K5400, L7680