Digital BW, The Print

on 8/19/02 09:19 AM PST, Paul Roark wrote:

> I don't know where the inks dried in my CIS systems, but twice I used
> systems that had been sitting idle for a while, and they clogged my 1160 --
> seriously.  The second one killed the head.  For me it was the color head.
> (I paid $180 to have the head replaced.)

Paul, where did you get the heads replaced for $180?  The local Epson
service center (in L.A.) quoted me, for an 1160,  $240 PLUS new Epson carts
(needed to initialize, acccording to her), for which they charge around $50!
So the total cost would be almost $300!!!!

She also said that the color head and black head is an assembly, and they
can't replace the color only (the K is fine).

This 1160 sat un-used for probably a year and half.  I fired it up, got
perfect nozzle checks, then after a few prints, started banding.  I tried
EVERY trick in the book, to no avail.

I want to use this 1160 for quad printing.  Is it worth it to get it fixed,
or should I write it off as bad luck, and get a new 1160.  Are they
available?  Or should I get another printer for quads? (no 6 colors, I have
too much invested in 4)

David