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Resurrect Epson printer?
Aug 17, 2019 15:56:36   #
knoxworks Loc: Western Mass.
 
I have an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer that I bought refurbished from Epson in 2006. (7-color) Until five years ago I was making lots of color prints up to 12 X 18 that I was usually very happy with. (Occasional B&W also.) A head injury required that I live with my brother for a year. The printer has been in storage, at room temperature, since then. I'm wondering if it can be resurrected and used again. I see some products online, including Magic Bullet Print Cleaner, for cleaning heads. I also see that a new head can be purchased for about $100. Does anyone have experience with heads that have been unused for so long? I'm open to suggestions.

Also, I have about two dozen ink cartridges that are unopened but long since expired. Should I give up on those?

Thank you for any help you can provide!

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Aug 17, 2019 18:05:07   #
jdubu Loc: San Jose, CA
 
Have you fired it up and printed a test? I would run the nozzle and head cleaners a few times first before deciding to spend more money that could be a waste. Run the expired inks unless you have problems with them.

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Aug 17, 2019 18:56:48   #
via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP
 
My 1400 finally got plugged up. I bought the Magic Bullet cleaner but then decided it was too much trouble to do since the printer is not good for high quality prints and is not worth more than, maybe, $75. So, printer is going to the dump and cleaner is going in the drawer in case my R3000 gets clogged and won't clean after several attempts.

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Aug 17, 2019 19:08:01   #
jdubu Loc: San Jose, CA
 
via the lens wrote:
My 1400 finally got plugged up. I bought the Magic Bullet cleaner but then decided it was too much trouble to do since the printer is not good for high quality prints and is not worth more than, maybe, $75. So, printer is going to the dump and cleaner is going in the drawer in case my R3000 gets clogged and won't clean after several attempts.


You can recycle your printers. I recycled an old large format HP for a $10 cost to keep it out of the landfill. Worth checking out maybe?

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Aug 18, 2019 07:54:45   #
knoxworks Loc: Western Mass.
 
Thanks jdubu for the good advice. I'm still struggling with the printer driver, as this is a newer computer.

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