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Million to one chance. Anyone got an old Epson R300 printer?

sj (Elite) posted this on Monday, 12th February 2018, 20:40

I cleaned the print head on my old faithful R300 printer but the ribbon cable that connects into it is a bit frayed at the end and not long enough to trim and try again. :(
Don't suppose anyone has one of these in the loft they haven't got around to binning/don't use?

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RE: Million to one chance. Anyone got an old Epson R300 printer?

RJS (undefined) posted this on Monday, 12th February 2018, 22:00

I'm not sure the connectors at each end, but maybe you could just replace the entire ribbon cable?

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RE: Million to one chance. Anyone got an old Epson R300 printer?

sj (Elite) posted this on Monday, 12th February 2018, 22:24

Tried loads of places (inc. ebay for printers - all won't post) but nothing yet.
A few places show them but don't have them.

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RE: Million to one chance. Anyone got an old Epson R300 printer?

RJS (undefined) posted this on Tuesday, 13th February 2018, 08:33

Are you able to get pictures of the cable and connectors at each end? Maybe we can find an equivalent.


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RE: Million to one chance. Anyone got an old Epson R300 printer?

sj (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 13th February 2018, 09:38

It's not a simple ribbon unfortunately. It splices off into 3 different places etc. It's quite long, full of 45/90 deg folds to get around inside.

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