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Archive 2013 · $2,000...What's A Good Epson Printer To Buy?

  
 
Sal Baker
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howardm4 wrote:
Dunno but I'm also in Boston and my 3800 always has a cyan issue if I dont print for a while.


The 3800 was the generation before the Teflon print heads.

Sal



Mar 18, 2013 at 08:58 PM
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Sal Baker wrote:
It depends on the design of each specific model. Like most other 3880 users, my printer never clogs. It doesn't clog less, it just doesn't clog. I sometimes go months between printing sessions. I live in Boston and have no humidifier in the printer room. It's bone dry in the winter. I never pull the cartridges or agitate them. Some of the carts have been in the printer for 3 years. I rarely bother with nozzle tests as the printer never clogs. This seems common with this printer. Not so much with other Epson models. Has Epson lost the
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Probably more to do with a good seal on your capping station is all. With less than half as many nozzles and a smaller size the seal at the capping station is working well on your 3880 keeping the ink from drying. I owned a 3880 at one time and a 3800 before that and they are great printers that are only limiting in the size and type of paper you can use - roll specifically. My practices are simply proactive things I do based on feedback I have received from Epson techs and vendor personnel. If I was going to point to possible flaws it would have to be ink formulation that allows for pigments to bind together or simply a poor tolerance on the capping stations allowing air to dry out the heads.
I am currently switching over to conecolor inks on one of my 4900 to see how they stand up. Great people and great reviews on that product.




Mar 19, 2013 at 08:57 AM
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I know. I'm just whining about the clogging

Sal Baker wrote:
The 3800 was the generation before the Teflon print heads.

Sal



EDIT: has anyone noticed that the OP hasn't bothered to 'check-in' on this thread? Maybe a troll?



Mar 19, 2013 at 09:55 AM
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