#Epson 3880 printer error series

#Epson 3880 printer error series

Better build by far, no star wheel marks, and easier to use third part refillable cartridges than with the 3800/3880 series since the chips are easy to reset. I replaced a 3880 with a 7800 several years ago for printing digital negatives and it was without question one of the best decisions I have ever made. The other remedy is to get one of the 78** or larger printers (7800, 7880, 9800, 9880 etc.) that use suction to hold the media down and guide it. It is real easy to do with the 4800/4880 because all you have to do is manually lift the ejection bar and doing so prevents the star wheels from touching the media. There are remedies all over the net for doing this depending on the printer. The only way to avoid the marks is to either remove the star wheels, or somehow disengage them. If you own one of these printers and don't get the marks consider yourself extremely lucky, and don't count on your luck to last forever because the problem gets worse with use. I am pretty sure you can count on the star wheel marks with the newer line of P400, P600 and P800 models because they too use star wheels to guide the media. All of the Epson consumer type printers that use the star wheel to guide media are capable of making star wheel marks, depending on how they are adjusted, amount of ink put down, speed of printing, etc. I have a 3800 and it works fine for both negatives and prints. At this time, I have not opened the link and read details.I have a friend who had the P800 and it left wheel marks on the film for negatives. Pete, I don't have this issue but wanted to check this part- I assume the part regarding 'to Finish with the carriage on the left' is part of the details provided by the link. When pushing to the right don't go all the way to the right.if you go to far it will reseat itself and you will have to start over. Plug the printer back into the power outlet.

Move the print head left, then right, then left, stopping on the left side of the printer.When the print head begins to move, unplug the power cord from the power outlet.Turn off the printer, then turn it back on.What do you think about comparison of these two brands? My usage will be almost exclusively for photos, as I already have a good all-in-one printer. There are more cartridges, which looks like duplication of some colors for photo, and the price for cartridges is higher than the Epson. One photographer I spoke with said that Epson printers tend to be finicky, and recommended I consider a Canon printer.īUT the nearest equivalent, Canon iPF5100 (in function/paper width and price) is much larger. There have been some mentions of problems that occur when it is not used often enough, and your post seems to confirm this. I have been considering purchase of the 3880, as it has been so well recommended in some threads on this forum. I have not ventured to see if I can go longer than 3-4 days before turing it on. Anyway, as I have noted, 8 weeks, using the printer twice a week and not one 150C. It may be possible that leaving the printer off for too long results in a loss of head position calibration (I am guessing here). I think the suggestion that Epson gives to move the printhead around forces the printer to re-calibrate the head position. In 8 weeks, I have never had a 150C error. So I started running smaller batches more often. After I moved, I often went 2 weeks without using the printer and I would get a 150C almost ever time I turned it on. Before I moved, I used the printer at least 2 times a week.

Anyway, after thinking over my situation, I came to the conclusion that the 150C might be related to the duration between printer use. I have also been through the 150C error issue and a conversation with Epson suggests that they know there is an issue and that issue involves firmware (and maybe some other stuff, the tach was vague). Especially since it worked until the warranty expired. I am not convinced that the error is a consequence of grease and cogs. I am not suggesting that anyone should open their Epson up, this would void your warranty.īut in my case my warranty had expired by 4 months and Epson quoted me £450.00 + V.A.T for a call out, maximum 1 hour and parts at extra costs.Ī £5.95 can of white Lithium grease sprayed on the Nylon cogs did the trick for me. I read a tread where someone had called out an Epson engineer with this problem- when the engineer turned-up he apparently said that this was a known problem, and a number of 3880 left the factory without having any grease applied to the nylon cogs on the right side of the printer. Just like to pass on a possible cure for the Epson 3880 printer 150C error codes.