❓ Help Pa'no po naka OpenWRT router ako at for every X days auto-nozzle check? for L3210 po kakabili lang...

[yki01]

Brief background check: Galing ako sa Brother DCP-T310. Leaking Yellow printhead na sya sabi ng technician sa may amin kaya daw di ma fix ng usual cleaning yung missing Yellow print output. Halos kasing mahal daw ng printer yung replacement ng printhead na leaking?!? at more than 3 Yrs na din si T-310 sa'min. Ngayon sakit sa ulo na. Sumuko na ko sa blot, sa paperjam, sa color fading, sayang na talaga ink sa kaka cleaning.

Napabili tuloy ako Epson Ecotank L3210 for home/school use pa din (occasional color print every semestral ng colored exam for kids tapos 220 GSM certificates pag mga March-April for graduation. mga once or twice a month sa offpeak puro black print for announcement letters lang).

Balak ko alagaan talaga ang new Epson baby :S So nabasa ko epson inkjet daw 1 sa best practice may spare na waste ink pad (while nilalabhan/pinapatuyo lumang spongha, noh po?) then na search ko itong sa Lazada Php95:

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tank set na po.

How about sa resetter maintenance po? Yung pinagbilhan ko nag-offer sa'kin Php400, sa may kalayuan din sya, pagkakaintindi ko expect need to reset 1-2years casual use?

And nabasa ko para inkjet type pag di nagagamit yung either Black/Magenta/Cyan/Yellow nagbabara daw or tumitigas sa may print head tama po ba? Every 3 days pag brand new kailangan po ba i test print? or mas ok ba coloful photo yung i pang test?

Di naman bukas PC ko magdamag pwede kaya sa OpenWRT router ko i-assign hassle na task para sa makakalimutin na tulad ko?

Tapos naka-frustrate nga sa Brother DCP-T310 na blo-blot or smudge na sa gilid pag mas manipis sa 80GSM paper gamit - how to avoid smudge or best practice para di tularan ni Epson L3210 yung ganitong sakit sa ulo? Anak ng pating, 5minutes na estimate ko nag-blo-blot pa din kakahiya sa parents na bibigyan ng brochures cover pa lang may blot na. Nag monopoly deal story mode sa browser na lang ako ng ilang set para tuyo talaga at di na mag-blot.

OT: bukod sa nabanggit na recommendations sa ibang thread or baka may nasalisi ako na printer care for my new epson inkjet, baka naman po pa-share other golden printer tips, mga fafs? & si brother dcp-t310 ko po, anu pa pong pakinabang nito?

TLDR - bukod sa spare waste ink maintainance box na 90petot then labhan lang used up wastepad sponge at nozzle check every 3 days yata para di magtengga or magbara nozzles. Pa-mention po legit automation po if ever ng OpenWRT router itong task, mga idol?... And kung sakaling mag-loko pa din si printer despite efforts... what & how much po ang mga cheapest solutions?

 

[nitro7]

di naman ganun kadali ma-soak ang waste sponge at mapuno ang waste box. but yes, you can prevent nozzle clogging and wasting a lot of ink doing printhead cleaning by printing regularly. once a week is fine.

i also fairly recently got an Epson. i've just been printing a photo each week and run a nozzle check. no problem naman basta ecotank. having setup Epson PrintConnect, i can print to it from anywhere, kaya di ko pa nai-set yung automatic nozzle check (or printing). i've read a bunch of stuff about how to do this, but i haven't bothered. i have a lot of photos to print anyway, and fiddling with colour management at the moment.

and yes, kailangan coloured yung ipi-print mo para bumuga lahat ng nozzle. i've had several epsons over the years, nagagamit naman. by the time na magkaproblema sa printhead, gusto ko na rin palitan. i'm talking 7+ years na kasi. obviously, magkaiba tayo ng use case.

btw, 'yung pagpi-print ng borderless photo ang nakaka-abuse dun sa waste pad... so beware kung di rin naman talagang kailangan.

 

[yki01]

di naman ganun kadali ma-soak ang waste sponge at mapuno ang waste box. but yes, you can prevent nozzle clogging and wasting a lot of ink doing printhead cleaning by printing regularly. once a week is fine.

i also fairly recently got an Epson. i've just been printing a photo each week and run a nozzle check. no problem naman basta ecotank. having setup Epson PrintConnect, i can print to it from anywhere, kaya di ko pa nai-set yung automatic nozzle check (or printing). i've read a bunch of stuff about how to do this, but i haven't bothered. i have a lot of photos to print anyway, and fiddling with colour management at the moment.

and yes, kailangan coloured yung ipi-print mo para bumuga lahat ng nozzle. i've had several epsons over the years, nagagamit naman. by the time na magkaproblema sa printhead, gusto ko na rin palitan. i'm talking 7+ years na kasi. obviously, magkaiba tayo ng use case.

btw, 'yung pagpi-print ng borderless photo ang nakaka-abuse dun sa waste pad... so beware kung di rin naman talagang kailangan.

good to know. kasi ngayon lang ako nag-ka printer na may borderless feature - L3210. maraming salamat

sana may mag-recommended din na mas busy sa other real life matters bukod sa mag-print weekly kaya nga mas mura na printer binibili nating karamihan lalu na yung mahilig sa automation/autosched print jobs/task yung task na more likely dapat i-automate.

 

[nitro7]

good to know. kasi ngayon lang ako nag-ka printer na may borderless feature - L3210. maraming salamat

sana may mag-recommended din na mas busy sa other real life matters bukod sa mag-print weekly kaya nga mas mura na printer binibili nating karamihan lalu na yung mahilig sa automation/autosched print jobs/task yung task na more likely dapat i-automate.

don't worry, i also intend to get this working. just for the heck of it, because i know some people do it. i have also read that some printers have this capability built into the firmware/software. some say it's as easy as getting gmail to print an email (or attached photo), and instead of hitting 'Send', choosing 'Schedule', and selecting 'Weekly'... but i haven't tried this myself.

my first job was as a printer design engineer, but clogged printheads wasn't an issue then:

• dot matrix: ribbon
• thermal printer: no liquid ink
• laser printer: solid toner
• inkjet printer: back in the day, it was more common for the printhead to be "replaced with the ink cartridge", i.e. part of the cartidge

naku, between work and family, free time is a gift. but i have designated myself the archivist of family photos. i have 30,000 in my main LR catalog, with 5 other catalogs. kung once a week ako magpiprint ng isa, mamamatay na ako bago maubos ang laman ng catalog - 'yun eh kung hindi madagdagan ng bagong pics!

 

[yki01]

don't worry, i also intend to get this working. just for the heck of it, because i know some people do it. i have also read that some printers have this capability built into the firmware/software. some say it's as easy as getting gmail to print an email (or attached photo), and instead of hitting 'Send', choosing 'Schedule', and selecting 'Weekly'... but i haven't tried this myself.

my first job was as a printer design engineer, but clogged printheads wasn't an issue then:

• dot matrix: ribbon
• thermal printer: no liquid ink
• laser printer: solid toner
• inkjet printer: back in the day, it was more common for the printhead to be "replaced with the ink cartridge", i.e. part of the cartidge

naku, between work and family, free time is a gift. but i have designated myself the archivist of family photos. i have 30,000 in my main LR catalog, with 5 other catalogs. kung once a week ako magpiprint ng isa, mamamatay na ako bago maubos ang laman ng catalog - 'yun eh kung hindi madagdagan ng bagong pics!

mas practical gawin sya sa OpenWRT routers kaso sabi ni google A.I. mode di daw kaya ~_~ hoping against hope na mapagana pa din.

 

[nitro7]

mas practical gawin sya sa OpenWRT routers kaso sabi ni google A.I. mode di daw kaya ~_~ hoping against hope na mapagana pa din.

i don't know about practical (for some of the reasons shared below), but it should be possible. according to gemini, it's as simple as [1] uploading (to your router) the file you want to print, and [2] setting up scheduled cron job to spit it out. again, i haven't tried this. i'm not sure i have anything left that i can run WRT on.

if the printer isn't directly connected to your LAN, you need an extra step before #1, which is to share it on the network from the pc it is connected to. dependency na. if this is how it is setup, kailangan rin naka-on 'yung pc na nagsi-share.

kung ganito ang scenario, questionable 'yung practicality from a router running openwrt (or whatever). di ba mas ok kung task scheduler na lang from windows? or cron from a linux desktop, if that's what it's connected to.

strictly speaking i can do this on a mikrotik for a network printer (i use an ET-8550). kaso lang, even if i get it working, i'm not sure i want to leave this running all the time. meron pa kasing dependencies like, does it have paper or even ink, in the long run, etc. i also don't like the idea of leaving the output tray extended out on this printer.

the other option is just to set a calendar reminder to do this every 2 or 3 weeks. according to keith cooper of northlight images, "2 to 3 weeks, or monthly perhaps" should be enough for the ET-8550, and presumably most/all Epson eco tanks. i don't even have a reminder at the moment, because i am using the printer often enough, i.e. at least weekly. obviously, your usage frequency could mean it makes more sense for you.

 

[yki01]

i don't know about practical (for some of the reasons shared below), but it should be possible. according to gemini, it's as simple as [1] uploading (to your router) the file you want to print, and [2] setting up scheduled cron job to spit it out. again, i haven't tried this. i'm not sure i have anything left that i can run WRT on.

if the printer isn't directly connected to your LAN, you need an extra step before #1, which is to share it on the network from the pc it is connected to. dependency na. if this is how it is setup, kailangan rin naka-on 'yung pc na nagsi-share.

kung ganito ang scenario, questionable 'yung practicality from a router running openwrt (or whatever). di ba mas ok kung task scheduler na lang from windows? or cron from a linux desktop, if that's what it's connected to.

strictly speaking i can do this on a mikrotik for a network printer (i use an ET-8550). kaso lang, even if i get it working, i'm not sure i want to leave this running all the time. meron pa kasing dependencies like, does it have paper or even ink, in the long run, etc. i also don't like the idea of leaving the output tray extended out on this printer.

the other option is just to set a calendar reminder to do this every 2 or 3 weeks. according to keith cooper of northlight images, "2 to 3 weeks, or monthly perhaps" should be enough for the ET-8550, and presumably most/all Epson eco tanks. i don't even have a reminder at the moment, because i am using the printer often enough, i.e. at least weekly. obviously, your usage frequency could mean it makes more sense for you.

ang hassle. print na lang ako pati grocery to-buy & notes in black & colored. tingin ko pag eto nagloko pa tatapon ko to eh.

Sa waste in pad, bili na ko mura lang naman. 95petot sabi dito:

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Although this week lang naman nabili yung L3210, pa'no yung sa resetter iba pa po yun sa waste ink pad maintenance?

mas sulit din kaya yung inkscribed sa EpBi yung pag naloko instant may backup printer sila ipapadala.

 

[nitro7]

ang hassle. print na lang ako pati grocery to-buy & notes in black & colored. tingin ko pag eto nagloko pa tatapon ko to eh.

for me, that's actually the best solution. just to use it regularly. epsons will last you years if you print at least weekly.

Sa waste in pad, bili na ko mura lang naman. 95petot sabi dito:
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Although this week lang naman nabili yung L3210, pa'no yung sa resetter iba pa po yun sa waste ink pad maintenance?

yung resetter is commonly used pag ayaw na mag-print, because the printer assumes the ink pad is full. so you replace it and use the resetter to reset the counter to zero. quite a few people just reset and keep printing (without resetting), you can extend this a bit.

'tsaka damay-damay ito... kung madalas ka mag-nozzle clean, mapupuno s'yempre ang waste pad, at sayang ang ink. s'yempre ink ang ibinubuga para matanggal ang bara. so... kesa sayangin ang ink sa printhead/nozzle cleaning, print ka na lang regularly, di pa babad ang waste ink pad.

kabibili mo lang ng printer, wag ka mag-alala sa waste ink pad. it'll take years to need a replacement. enjoy ka muna. in my personal situation, tulad rin ng nabanggit mo, by the time it needs replacing gusto ko na ng bagong printer. printing technology improves, too.

 

[yki01]

for me, that's actually the best solution. just to use it regularly. epsons will last you years if you print at least weekly.



yung resetter is commonly used pag ayaw na mag-print, because the printer assumes the ink pad is full. so you replace it and use the resetter to reset the counter to zero. quite a few people just reset and keep printing (without resetting), you can extend this a bit.

'tsaka damay-damay ito... kung madalas ka mag-nozzle clean, mapupuno s'yempre ang waste pad, at sayang ang ink. s'yempre ink ang ibinubuga para matanggal ang bara. so... kesa sayangin ang ink sa printhead/nozzle cleaning, print ka na lang regularly, di pa babad ang waste ink pad.

kabibili mo lang ng printer, wag ka mag-alala sa waste ink pad. it'll take years to need a replacement. enjoy ka muna. in my personal situation, tulad rin ng nabanggit mo, by the time it needs replacing gusto ko na ng bagong printer. printing technology improves, too.

nag blot nga agad kahapon. ni-normal ko from fast draft mula noon. after mga ilang prints na normal saka nawala blot. nakabili na ko ng waste inkpad set. hindi pala salpak katulad ng nasa video. mismong sponge na may lalagyan. sa inkscribed video ads unscrew mo old tapos salpak bago, pero baka promotional lang yun kasi sa ads ko lang nakita di ko actual na-experience

 

[nitro7]

blot? did you use thick paper? anyway, for the most part don't overthink it. hehehe enjoy mo muna. it should serve you pretty well for some time.

 

[yki01]

blot? did you use thick paper? anyway, for the most part don't overthink it. hehehe enjoy mo muna. it should serve you pretty well for some time.

as in 80gsm short bond. usual black text - may sira na ba printer ko 3 days old pa lang nun tapos blot using fast draft?

 

[nitro7]

hopefully it's not the case. there's also a chance na umalagwa lang 'yung papel. kung ayos naman ang print niya ngayon, ok lang 'yan. you can run a nozzle check to be sure it's fine.

 

[yki01]

hopefully it's not the case. there's also a chance na umalagwa lang 'yung papel. kung ayos naman ang print niya ngayon, ok lang 'yan. you can run a nozzle check to be sure it's fine.

Umalagwa - meaning breakaway po ba? Iniiwasan ko na din matutukan yung rear feed ng electric fan. kasi halos gitna lang ng papel yung may support sa likod, if mahanginan, feel ko kaya sya nag paper jam once - hindi sya kinain, tbf, mas maliit rear paper support ni brother dcp-t310.

Dapat po ba cleaning pag may 1 gap lang sa cyan or hayaan lang?... nag print po ako ng mga 14 pages content is black text with green header logo and text kanina lang, then nagka 1 gap agad sa cyan ngayon not sure kung gap yung nasa yellow... di kasi hiwahiwalay compared sa brother yung nozzle check for each color ni epson patong patong. and kita po total dyan 111 pages pa lang, not sure kung counted dyan nozzle check pages.

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Sa madaling salita: wala pang 120 pages lahat na; may 2 times lang colored cartoon picture (not photo) print, patingi-tinging green sa logo at header ng announcement/letters - at nozzle print every 1-2 days, never pa na clean/align/powerclean/or any other maintenance - di umabot 3+ days na walang nozzle check. Ngayon lang nagka-gap.

Kailan dapat i-first cleaning, then kailan need ng alignment?

& deepclean? - malamang di pa 'to option?

(1st print ko po ay June 28, sa mall mismo, since pina-1st fill up ink for print demo na din kay tech; Kung anu din type of paper ganun din option sa thick paper checkbox - kapag hindi 220gsm at 80 or 70gsm i feed ko naka-off yung thick paper option, if B2B printing 1 paper at a time or if boardpaper 1 paper ea din / if 80 or 70gsm atmost mga 10-15paper nakapila sa rear tray nya.)

Lahat na ginawa ko, pati after ko i-off binabalik ko plastic cover nya talaga para anti-balahibo ng pusa.

Anong level ng pagloloko ng printer, pwede i-claim sa warranty?

 

[nitro7]

i will do a normal printhead clean for that, and i would expect it to clear the nozzle. 'yung deepclean pag malala na, as in maraming gaps, and in some cases, di mo na makita 'yung isang color. note na bukod sa magastos ito sa ink (not so much an issue with ecotank printers), at napupunta sa wastepad ito. not something you want to do unless there are clogged nozzles.

tama naman ang ginagawa mo regarding paper thickness settings. printhead alignment, when you first set it up. i've only done it once, when i took it out of the box. i haven't seen any gaps or obvious misalignment issues.

i just checked and i bought mine on the 26th of february. i do a nozzle check print every 7 to 10 days or so. up to 2 weeks pag nalimutan. di naman kailangan na 1 to 2 days. thankfully, di pa ako nakakita ng blocked nozzles, although i have a different ecotank. i do print at least one photo each week. i've never been over 10 days without at least one photo print.

not sure about warranty claims in the philippines. i've been away for so long. you can always try to give them a call to see what they come back to you with. they might clear the blocked nozzles for you.

one other thing, which may or may not apply to you... i switched my printer on soon after i got it out of the box to setup and use. i have never switched it off since then, and simply rely on it going to sleep / power save mode. some advise leaving it on to let the printer do its maintenance when required. i'm not 100% sure about this. i leave it on so it's ready to print whenever/wherever i am (network printer). family can also readily send something to print anytime. to me that's the beauty of ecotank - cheap cost per page.