Epson Stylus R200 Photo Printer £25.99 @ Boots

PeteHerts

Thanks for everyone's help but i've tried every method and still no luck so i've just e-mailed Epson's customer support for advice.

Caramelapplebetty

The problem seems to be that the disc tray gets reversed a couple of clicks before it goes forward. We find that quickly pushing it back to the arrows again before it goes forward sorts the problem. Since finding this out we have had no trouble. Just make sure that there is nothing fouling its full travel at the back of the printer.

Good luck

Grabbit_2

slowen wrote:

my printer died recently as it said a part had come to it's natural end of life

This generally means that the wad of cotton wool type material in the base of the printer that is used to collect waste ink is saturated and if you cleaned / used the printer any more you would get ink seeping from the base unit.
Sometimes it means that the manufactuer has called time on your printer because they want you to buy a new one and you've had enough prints out of it.

StephenR

slowen wrote:

I had an epson R300 for just over 12 months and I used compatibles all the time in it apart from the free set of epson ink that came with the printer, my printer died recently as it said a part had come to it's natural end of life but never had any problems with inks

As Grabbit says, it means the waste pad counter has reached its limit. It's happened to me several times, as I use my R300 a lot!

To reset it just hold down the Stop, Maintenance and Power buttons at the same time until a message appears on the screen saying the waste counter has been reset. It will then make a screeching noise as the carriage shoots to the end with the motor still spinning. At this point pull the plug out and put it back in. Your machine should now work again.

ziffius

dellboy102 wrote:

I here everyone talk about compatibles but i've never ever had any luck with them, I use my printer maybe once every 2 months, but whenever I try to use it its always dried up, cleaning doesnt work either, my epson style 680 only prints black now as color has dried up, I used inkrite cartridges as well as I heard they have cleaning agents.
Even cleaning cycles dont help, so far i've had a canon, and an epson, both with same results, are the newer models better in terms of compatible cartridge usage?.
Really tempted by the epson.

You need a HP, as they have the head built into the cartridge, so you don't have to worry about these kind of things. I've had a cheapy HP for over 2 years and it's still on it's original carts. You need to pick the right ones though, as mine (PSC1215) uses 19ml carts that last ages on draft where as the replacement printer uses 5ml carts yet looks identical.

There are cheapy HP refill kits in Lidl, and if trashes the heads just buy a fresh set of original carts.

My last Epson went in the bin after a year, and because it was only lightly used, it used more ink cleaning the heads than printing. When I took it apart I was gutted to find the absorbant mat in the bottom with all the wasted ink. Despite only having used one set of carts, the mat was soaked.

I also have a very nice Canon, but as it takes so long cleaning the heads when it's turned, I always resort to my HP. As the Canon hasn't been used for 6 months, i'm hoping it isn't dead too.

PeteHerts

I've worked out why i couldnt print discs!
I didnt realise the tray went through the back of the printer so now i've taken it away from the wall it appears to work ok :wall:

barneydog

Grabbit wrote:

This generally means that the wad of cotton wool type material in the base of the printer that is used to collect waste ink is saturated and if you cleaned / used the printer any more you would get ink seeping from the base unit.
Sometimes it means that the manufactuer has called time on your printer because they want you to buy a new one and you've had enough prints out of it.

Don,t do the above, it candamage the printer use this freeware instead to reset the counter

http://svp.co.uk/helpdesk/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=22

at some time you may need to set up a drainage system to get rid of the excess ink, just google it, there are plenty of free ways to do it.

dellboy102

Thanks for the reply
I had always avoided lexmark and HP (lexmark especially!) because of the built in heads, this seems to increase the cost of the ink but if it means its less likely to dry out then it might be what I need since we only use it once in a while, I've actually got a mono laser which gets used all the time, its only the colour inkjet which is used rarely.
Thanks again for the reply, I'll have a look at that HP you mentioned.

ziffius wrote:

You need a HP, as they have the head built into the cartridge, so you don't have to worry about these kind of things. I've had a cheapy HP for over 2 years and it's still on it's original carts. You need to pick the right ones though, as mine (PSC1215) uses 19ml carts that last ages on draft where as the replacement printer uses 5ml carts yet looks identical.

There are cheapy HP refill kits in Lidl, and if trashes the heads just buy a fresh set of original carts.

My last Epson went in the bin after a year, and because it was only lightly used, it used more ink cleaning the heads than printing. When I took it apart I was gutted to find the absorbant mat in the bottom with all the wasted ink. Despite only having used one set of carts, the mat was soaked.

I also have a very nice Canon, but as it takes so long cleaning the heads when it's turned, I always resort to my HP. As the Canon hasn't been used for 6 months, i'm hoping it isn't dead too.

thriftyjo

Yes HP and Lexmark are alot more realiable. A couple of years ago when my old epson died I got my ancient hp out of the loft plugged it in and did a couple of test run pages then it was fine! Not great quality but realiable! When (not if) this epson dies Im thinking about getting a hp photosmart type or even a psc ... it's a shame that nothing is made to last anymore really .....

DocProc

I've got an Epson RX640 and am having a lot of trouble with one particular colour, which has dried out - most probably because of under use.

All it says I can do in the book is run the procedure 'Head Cleaning'.

This doesn't work. That colour still stays blocked - and yes, I have changed the cartridge for yet another new one.

Can someone help with some good advice? A web site? A procedure? Or is it a case of professional help being required? If so my RX640 could most probably be a scrapper just for economic reasons, I would reckon?