So what better to do with a sick saturday than pull apart a inkjet printer. I've long known the the epson c82 that i own has a clog. I've read articles online about how bad the ink cleaning mechanism is built, and that the hose that pulls the ink away from the print head clogs regularly if you don't use the printer for a extended amount of time. So if you're like me, the laserprinter does all the regular work and the inkjet only prints color occasionally. I ran out and spent $150 on ink last time i counldn't get it to work, and no matter how much i cleaned the print heads, the prints never got any better. THEN i found the clogged hose issue, but i never got around to fixing it. So i pull out my philips head and pull the thing apart. Don't kid yourself, it was a pain in the ass to get the thing into pieces. When I finally was holding the ink assembly i almost gave up. I really didn't like the look of all the gears that i was going to have to REassemble after pulling this one fuckin hose out. But i went ahead and pulled it off. At one point i had the ink assembly fall apart in my hands. A couple of gears fell loose and then everything fell apart as i tried to grab em as they were falling. After a few minutes on my knees looking for a cog about the size of a dime i got the thing back together.
With the hose clean i ran one head clean cycle, and the printer made a prefect print. I actually was really happy that i actually fixed the thing. Now I have to research a way to actually refill the ink on the printer without spending $150. Then i'll really be happy.
Jen and I really sat around the rest of the day Saturday and the entire day Sunday. We finally got out of the house to walk around the Huntington for about an hour. We checked out the Chinese gardens that are still under construction. Its been so long that they've been working on them it seems they've opened up a large portion of the garden to drum up a little interest, and probably a little more funding from members. I have to say that its really beautiful. The stonework alone on the bridges and waterways is remarkable. Its gonna take a few more years to complete i'm sure, but its going to be beautiful.
the only thing i really accomplished today was getting started on a painting. I finally sketched out the rough on the canvas and i've got all the paints ready to go. I think its gonna take me a couple months to finish this one, but i think its a better approach than my one sitting paintings (that usually turn out like shit anyway) I'll start to post progress on it when i get a camera.
