Golden epson dx5 from epson r2000 in a valuejet 1614
Hello guys ! Just to keep this post alive, I want to mention my experience from this morning......Bought an EPSON R2000 with a paper jam for 10 GBP. It came a very clean machine with a rubber band stuck in the drive roll, that was hard to see. The head couldn't be tested due to empty black inks. I just removed it, put my old solvent mainfold from the MUTOH ValueJet 1614 and inserted in the MUTOH. I expected the printer will just show an error, as the head is golden plated and according to all photos of the cable connectors it should be LOCKED. I don't know what a LOCKED head should do, but the printer initialized and did a nozzle check....perfect...at first sight only
when I printed a file , there was like missing 10 mm colors at different widths. Maybe it's what a LOCKED head looks like. I will now order an unlock card and test it. If it works...it will be worth the try for 10 GBP for a head and 50 USD for a card.I will keep You in touch if the head will work on MUTOH 1614.
Regards ,IVO