[Leica] Printer and printing advice please

[Leo Wesson]

 I would ditch it.  I had a 3880 w clogs and spent a lot of money on ink trying to make it print. Tried every trick on the web and nothing worked. 

Ditch it and get an Epson P900. Much better printer. 

Thanks,

Leo Wesson
817-733-9157
Leo at leowesson.com

> On Jan 26, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote:
> 
> Just a minor correction: Windex *is* available over here (finally found
> it), but there is some question as to whether the current formulation
> uses ammonia. Apparently it used to but at least one reviewer says that
> it doesn't, and another that it isn't included in the list of ingredients.
> 
> Peter
> 
>> On 26/01/2021 16:41, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>> As far as I can see Windex isn't available on this side of The Pond.
>> What is the relevant ingredient the alcohols or the ani-ioninc surfactants.
>> 
>> If it's the former I imagine that the LUG would suggest a good single
>> malt as a viable alternative! ;-)
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>>> On 26/01/2021 16:29, Howard Ritter via LUG wrote:
>>> I have one, and have successfully used Windex sprayed on the print heads and left to sit a while before running the Head Cleaning routine, perhaps repeating the cycle several times. Well worth the effort for this pricey and capable printer. Once it’s running again, make a point of printing a head alignment test sheet every week. It consumes very little ink and it keeps the ink from becoming inspissated in the nozzles.
>>> 
>>> —howard
>>> 
>>>> On Jan26, 2021, at 1108, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> It is a fantastic printer, so worth the effort. I had two of them, one
>>>> after the other. Go to an Epson repair centre and get an estimate of what
>>>> is required to get it functioning - if it has a badly clogged head, you
>>>> might not be able to do much, but replace the heads, which would cost about
>>>> 40% of the original cost of the printer. There are other accepted ways to
>>>> try and release the clogs from the print heads, usually with ammonia based
>>>> compounds like Windex, but I have never done it. You can google for
>>>> hundreds of hits of advice for this!
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:17 PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Some years ago I bought an Epson Stylus Pro 3880. For various reasons it
>>>>> never got more than a couple of dozen prints through it. Can anyone tell
>>>>> me whether or not it can be put back into service after a long (4 yr)
>>>>> hibernation and what it would likely take to do it?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I really only want to use it for B&W, but may occasionally need colour.
>>>>> 
>>>>> TIA
>>>>> 
>>>>> Peter
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dr. Peter Dzwig
>>>>> 
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