Digital BW, The Print

Hi Guys,

Need your advice on this.I have a 7600 which I
occasionaly use.I have a matte black cartridge in
it.As I understand,the usual problem with seldom used
printer is head clogging especially in the matte black
nozzle.This has happened a few times but after a few
run with head cleaning cycle it clears up.But not this
time.

I called a tech guy from the Epson distributor, and
since he has no flushing cartridge,he drained the inks
using the manual suction.The nozzle check print showed
the clog was removed.But it showed serious
misalignment in the black nozzle resulting in very
obvious banding.He tried head alignment a few times
but he says the printhead has been damaged by the
clog.Now he gave me two options.To change the
printhead,which cost around $400,or buy from him a
7800 at a discounted price of around $3000-the regular
price here in Manila is around $3800.

Question:Could the printhead have been misaligned by
the clog or is he just trying to sell me a new
printhead or printer? 


Thanks in advance,

Toto

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