Epson 3800. One month no use - No clogs

[NikosR]

Just writing to report that I had left my Epson 3800 unused for more than one month. I had kept the printer switched off. I had absolutely no clogs when I turned it on yesterday.

This has not been my experience with the 2100 for which I had to run a nozzle cleaning routine every time I left it off for more than a week or so.

This is just my personal experience and not meant to say that the 3800 does not suffer from clogs. I just haven't encountered one yet.

Nikos
Athens, Greece

[ttrask]

I haven't had any problems either, also with just sporadic use.  Clogs were pretty common with the 2400. Todd

[Kuryan Thomas]

Pressurized heads, maybe? I haven't had any problems either.

[digitaldog]

No problems here. I fired mine up recently after a hiatus and it was clean as a baby's behind (or wait a minute, is that clean?). Anyway, no clogging.

[ttrask]

I think the cartridges are pressurized, as Kuryan suggests. In any event, good news.

[AWeil]

I use an epson 2400 since spring 2006 - no clogs - no hassle. It is on at all times and used in irregular intervals. Sometimes 6 to 8 weeks pass, sometimes it is used every day, sometimes after a month of no printing it has to perform several days all day. No problems yet. I expect it stays that way. The epson 2100 is like that too - it turns out prints with no complaint after several month of neglect. It is on all the time as well and is used less now - the intervals can be as long as 4 or 5 month.

Angela

[jjlphoto]

Yes, they are pressurized. I too had my 3800 shut off for three weeks, and ran some prints yesterday. I did not do a cleaning cycle, (don't want to waste ink   )  but ran the basic nozzel check, and all the bars printed fine.

[eronald]

My Epsons have all been unproblematic as well, even when on but unused for months. As there are cerdible reports of recurring clogs, I wonder if there are different manufacturing batches, or whether maybe the clogs are due to environmental factors -

I suspect paper dust inside the printer and/or temperature humidity combinations. That would explain why the same people get clogs -those who have paper that dusts in certain ways.

Edmund

I use an epson 2400 since spring 2006 - no clogs - no hassle. It is on at all times and used in irregular intervals. Sometimes 6 to 8 weeks pass, sometimes it is used every day, sometimes after a month of no printing it has to perform several days all day. No problems yet. I expect it stays that way. The epson 2100 is like that too - it turns out prints with no complaint after several month of neglect. It is on all the time as well and is used less now - the intervals can be as long as 4 or 5 month.

Angela
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[francois]

My Epsons have all been unproblematic as well, even when on but unused for months. As there are cerdible reports of recurring clogs, I wonder if there are different manufacturing batches, or whether maybe the clogs are due to environmental factors -

I suspect paper dust inside the printer and/or temperature humidity combinations. That would explain why the same people get clogs -those who have paper that dusts in certain ways.

Edmund
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A couple of years ago, we purchased two identical Epson printers at the same time and at the same place. One worked like a charm, never a clog or hiccup. The other one, suffered from clogging all the time, from day one. After a few months it was repaired by Epson. It continued to be a nightmare and Epson replaced it with a new printer.

So it must be about manufacturing tolerances or was the bad one doomed?
 

[grepmat]

I have had zero problems with clogs with my 3800 too, with up to several weeks between uses. It has been a fabulous machine and a very worth-while improvement over my old 2200.

[Dansk]

I was running an epson 1280 and it clogged incessantly. So much so I considered jumping brands but was wooed by the performance and price of the 3800 plus a colleague of mine runs the 2200 with no troubles. So far i am very pleased with the 3800 but its only a week old

[picnic]

I was running an epson 1280 and it clogged incessantly. So much so I considered jumping brands but was wooed by the performance and price of the 3800 plus a colleague of mine runs the 2200 with no troubles. So far i am very pleased with the 3800 but its only a week old
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I had/have a 2200 also--from the month it was introduced.  It has been witthout problems also.  My 3800 was used heavily the first several weeks I had it--and its also been unused for the most part for a couple of weeks--without a problem (printed yesterday).  If this conntinues this way, it will be a good long while until I buy a new printer (I still have a 1280 and an 875 also--the 1280 is 'retired' and the 875 is used by my husband--without many problems).

Diane