AMartinez

Thanks bud, as always I appreciate all of the wisdom!

Oh I gotcha. One last question, what if I were to find a used p800 only ever used as intended as an ink printer, would it be worth buying and converting, for a low-mid volume printer and Are parts readily available for the p800 down the road? Or even a used unconverted p400 for that matter

Ok sounds great, ya we have an et 15000 for sublimation, so far that thing has been a champ, 2 yrs old and no issues other than an occasional clog mostly from sitting. I'll def just stick with an xp for now sounds like the wise idea, maybe I'll check that machine out on here. Thanks again brotha.

Thanks for this break down, I 100% get what you're saying, which aligns with my original thought, that is, that I'm not ready for a big machine yet, the business isn't there yet. So you still think the XP 15000 is a better machine over the et8550?

Hmm ya the p5000 looks enticing, man but I really wasn't looking to drop $2k+ right now, but it looks like my real options are another xp15000 now that at least I definitely know what not to do, or a p5000, I love the roll printing option too. Is the p5000 a pretty easy conversion? So by resettable chips then, I take it that it doesnt have chipless firmware available? So how does that work, you have to reset it before the ink empties, then fill it and slide it back in? Can we use OEM cartridges for p5000?

WELP! I done did it now. After cleaning and flushing and wet capping and more cleaning, I got the dreaded 031001 death code. Mother Father! Unfortunately I don't have $3k for a p800, and only refurbished ones below $2k. I see p900 for about $1200 and a p700, what do you know about these, mainly the p900, will they dtf? I thought about the et8550 but the ecotank makes me hesitant, and I'm not sure that it won't have the same sensitivity issues as the xp15000.

Ok thank you, I'll give it a shot, I really pray that's all it is.

I'm dumbfounded to say the least, not only were the carts only out for about 10 min, they were about 75% full of ink still, so all I really did was top them off. And no Plugs to remove, I'm using OEM carts, that have worked flawlessly up until this issue. I only have regular cleaning fluid not the special labelled "wet capping fluid", do I need that stuff for it to work thoroughly? Also That same video I saw said they cleared their blockage up by wet capping with hot steamy water, what do you think about that method?

I watched a video that suggested forcing air with an empty syringe into to of carts while installed in printer, with a paper towel underneath head to see if ink flows out, seems logical but it's that safe to do, without risk of damaging print head? But that wouldn't help if it's air in the ink system right?

My xp15000 had an almost perfect test print, I didn't want to run out of ink, so I removed carts (OEM Epson carts with dtf ink) refilled them out them back in, and suddenly no ink comes out test after test a couple of head cleanings, nothing, no ink on paper. What could have happened so suddenly? Anything I can do to clear possible air in system or clogged nozzles? But it would have to be every single nozzle clogged which seems improbable.

Holy crap I didn't think it was a serious issue, so what's the protocol for unclogging it figuring out if the nozzles are dead? I've done a few head cleanings with standard cleaning fluid nothing changed. It's in an xp 15000

Started about a week ago, every single nozzle check looks exactly like this, dot for dot, the broken parts of the pattern never change or move, I've done nozzle cleaning with cleaning solution and with ink itself this results refuses to change, however as far as I can tell my prints still look great, if anything is wrong with them, I can't tell. what does it mean?

Yessir! The bane of my existence, and probably all of ours... Bills. Thank you, and to you as well bud!

Ya this had me going for about a week, it was affecting every cure, because the powder was sticking up like hair off of the the ink in spots, so the good cures were sporadic and completely unpredictable. I was close to throwing it all out rather than sell prints I couldn't stand behind. I'm just glad it was a simple resolution in the end.

The weird thing was I have the old bottle of powder and the new and only the new has an insane amount of static. Anyways it turned out to be the plastic bottle it came in, I poured the powder adhesive into another container and all of the static disappeared, And I can still feel the static if I put my hand in that original container, so the plastic itself is charged somehow. Regardless, my issue is resolved, just tossed out that container.