Epson LFP viewing lights hack

[fetish]

Just sharing a slight modification I made to my Epson 11880 LFP a couple of months ago to allow me to view what's being printed a little bit better.

I basically took a bunch of LED light strips from Ikea and stuck it behind the front cover to help me in spotting print errors before too much ink and paper are wasted.
http://www.lateral-i.com/blog/epson-11880-viewing-lights-hack/



 

[plui]

Nice and bright... I suppose the power cord come out at the far end of the carriage? Is this the same 11880 that had matte black/head problems? Did you end up replacing the print head?


When I saw the title of this post, I thought you were looking for 'Cylon/psylon Mode' 

[fetish]

Yessir this is the one. Ended up replacing the head. Now it's as good as new. 1 head change every 3 years is quite good already I feel.

Yep you can see the white power cord snaking out of side from below the front cover.