Following up, if a 3880 were lightly used, please correct me if i’m wrong, but would getting the equivalent of a CLA (service or “refurbish”) make sense? Did this with a Nikon LS8000 and it now runs like a dream. From what I can tell here, the new scanners are rigged to defeat 3rd party inks which makes an old printer possibly worth the trouble... if either epson or another service can be utilized to put the printer in 1sr class condition. Then that ultimately might prove the best option. Does this sound right?