lightning my epson 9890

[Darron Chadwick]

So I have a troublesome epson 9890 with the cool black plastic cover. My light cyan has been giving me trouble as of late and I cannot notice the banding until I can see the image from below. So I thought I would share my Idea to remedy this for $10.

I purchased a 4 ft led light stip and attached to the internal section of the printer.

Check it out

[TSJ1927]

As long as none of Epson's sensors are affected by your LEDs then you've got a cool looking machine.   Preview color will probably be off.

[Darron Chadwick]

not to worried about color just the banding issues
no problems yet with anything else

thanks

[Ken Doo]

Are you gonna install hydraulics next?  

(pretty creative btw)

[Darron Chadwick]

I might install some chrome wheels and a nice sound system the hydraulics might not be in the budget

[jferrari]

I put a coin slot on mine! Twenty-five cents buys one minute of time. You should see the customers frantically pumping quarters near the end of their print!     - Jim

[Darron Chadwick]

lol that a great idea
 

[aaronchan]

You have just turned a Corolla into a Escalade!
Nice work

[Darron Chadwick]

Corolla? I consider Epson's comparable to a Jaguar you need a mechanic on speeddial with a jag.
 

[Cornelius]

Nice job!

How did you resolve the wiring of the LED strip?

[Zeon]

The sensor inside the dark cover are infra-red sensitive and the dark cover is to prevent other light sources from interfering with the sensor. I use an LED flashlight to see the paper when the job is running.