3. The Final Post on my continuous inking system
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:20 pm
The time has come to sound the last post on my Permajet Continuous Inking System. I have now sent it to the recycling centre in Latimer Road together with the R2400.
I started down the continuous inking system for cost reasons. Initially I was very pleased with, despite its rather Heath Robinson appearance. But as time went on it became unreliable, a fault eventually dignosed by Permajet as a minute hole in one of the supply pipes.
When this problem was solved my R2400 started playing up. I can recommend Computer Cavern in Little Marlow for repairing R2400s. However multiple head cleanings filled the sponges more quickly than I would have liked and although Computer Cavern solved this issue the continuous inking system went wrong again, failing to deliver enough ink to one of the heads. To solve this problem I spent ages head cleaning and it was rare I could rely on it to produce a print to the standard I wanted when I wanted. Life's too short to spend hours head cleaning.
So it was off to the dump with the printer and ink system.
And what did I buy instead. An Epson R3000 which has static cartridges feeding the heads via microbore tubes. A bit like the continuous inking system really. Can't buy continuous inking systems for R3000s but should I investigate refillable cartridges...................? Or should I heed Compter Cavern's warning "We're not keen on continuous inking systems or compatible cartridges"
I started down the continuous inking system for cost reasons. Initially I was very pleased with, despite its rather Heath Robinson appearance. But as time went on it became unreliable, a fault eventually dignosed by Permajet as a minute hole in one of the supply pipes.
When this problem was solved my R2400 started playing up. I can recommend Computer Cavern in Little Marlow for repairing R2400s. However multiple head cleanings filled the sponges more quickly than I would have liked and although Computer Cavern solved this issue the continuous inking system went wrong again, failing to deliver enough ink to one of the heads. To solve this problem I spent ages head cleaning and it was rare I could rely on it to produce a print to the standard I wanted when I wanted. Life's too short to spend hours head cleaning.
So it was off to the dump with the printer and ink system.
And what did I buy instead. An Epson R3000 which has static cartridges feeding the heads via microbore tubes. A bit like the continuous inking system really. Can't buy continuous inking systems for R3000s but should I investigate refillable cartridges...................? Or should I heed Compter Cavern's warning "We're not keen on continuous inking systems or compatible cartridges"