Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

I bought a brand new 4000, and Epson sent me 2 rebuilt machines after 
the first one proved to be a dog.  All three have been lemons.  
Nothing but headaches.  Constant clogging, no matter what I do.  I 
hang out on most of the forums, know all the tricks and have tried 
them all, repeatedly.  Puddle clean, windex soaked paper towel under 
the head, warm water inside the printer chamber, humidifiers, printer 
covers, daily nozzle checks, daily printing, auto nozzle cleans, 
power cleans (Epson loves that one since they get to sell a lot of 
ink), tilting the printer back at an angle, OEM carts and inks, MIS 
carts and inks, flushing with nozzle cleaning solution, keeping carts 
75% full, putting nozzle cleaning solution in the parking pad, etc.  
I know some people have good success with their 4000's, but others 
don't.  I'm officially in the 2nd camp now.  It's been years of pure 
frustration and I finally ran out of patience.  Epson refuses to even 
acknowledge that a significant number of owners have problems, so it 
is time to look elsewhere.  

I know a LOT of people like me who have 4000's and have nothing but 
problems.  It seems to be the worst of the pack.  It is the worst 
purchase I have ever made.  

Lou

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pjb74nz" 
<peter@...> wrote:
>
> Strange your having major problems. Most issues can be related to 
the 
> user not knowing how to operate the printers. The Large format 
> printer are quite different from normal desktop printers. 
> You don't really explain what problems your having or is it just 
you 
> wanting things different than what Epson offers.
> 
> I sell all 3 brands and Epson is by far the best and support is 
> excellent. Can say that about the others yet. Yes the PK/MK issue 
is 
> there and ink is expensive. The 4000 is quite old now so I'll 
assume 
> you are buying secondhand and maybe you are ending up with some 
elses 
> headache. 
> 
> peter