Help! Sp300i Printhead Problems

[kroger]

Help! I have tried head soaks, unplugging the line with a syringe and 2 powerful cleans. Is there any other suggestions before I replace the head? If I have to it would be less than a year since I last replaced it! So I am hoping for an easier fix. Replace cap tops, damper...? TIA

 

[kroger]

Any thoughts?

 

[Solventinkjet]

If the head is less than a year old and already deflecting it could mean a bunch of things. The first thing I would look into is if you have done a yearly maintenance on the machine. A lot of people run the maintenance parts until they fail instead of changing them on a schedule and it causes these types of issues. If the dampers and cap tops haven't been changed in a year, I would start there.

If everything is good on the maintenance side of things, you might have bad ink clogging the lines, too many or too harsh of a head strike will physically close the nozzles especially on the black as the leading channel, or the machine just isn't being used enough.

 

[kroger]

If the head is less than a year old and already deflecting it could mean a bunch of things. The first thing I would look into is if you have done a yearly maintenance on the machine. A lot of people run the maintenance parts until they fail instead of changing them on a schedule and it causes these types of issues. If the dampers and cap tops haven't been changed in a year, I would start there.

If everything is good on the maintenance side of things, you might have bad ink clogging the lines, too many or too harsh of a head strike will physically close the nozzles especially on the black as the leading channel, or the machine just isn't being used enough.

Thank you. It is possible that it hasn’t been used enough. I replaced the print head in Sept 2017. I am going to replace the cap top, not sure about the damper. I am head soaking again. Really trying to get it back.