Digital BW, The Print

you can get new ones via Dabs in the UK - 192GBP or in Spain - new again for
a bit more. Gotta get that US-centric head changed Jerry!

julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Dead Head, WAS: Can ink dry out in tubes?


> 1160 printers were discontinued years ago. You can still get a new one
> in Australia for about $300 US, but how to ship? Taxes? Duty? There are
> no four color printers made anymore that I'm aware of. The 1280 is quite
> nice, and recently the price dropped a hundred dollars.
>
> Jerry
>
> DC wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
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