On Behalf Of Simon Martin > Nij, (and others) > > Thanks for that info. > On Sunday, December 1, 2002, at 11:00 AM, Nij wrote: > > I have installed one head with success once before, but there are a > > couple > > of caveats: it would require a little bit of guesswork to do so, it is > > a > > little fiddly... and two key points: > > * You will not be able to adjust the head voltage to install the new > > head; > > Can you explain the implications of this? Well, none that I've come across so far :)
> > * You will not be able to run some advanced alignment software built > > into > > the printer. > > This is surely a showstopper... you mean I can never realign the heads > if need be? It's a different kind of alignment from the standard one available from the Epson utilities. It is alignment of the print head parallel to the paper (you can see the manual adjuster on the right side of the print head unit). I did not need to do it after changing my 1160 printhead... and have not yet heard of anyone who had to. In fact, I'm using the printer just now so I'm pretty happy with the fix. > > Having said all that, my previous repair worked fine. > > Alignment is always right? I could not say that. I should say that these alignment, voltage and clean utilities are available only on some Epson software that theoretically only Epson certified engineers have. Only trouble is, not even all Epson certified techs seem to have it, so I guess that there are some implications there. I imagine the head voltage thing is more to cover a possible eventuality that they changed the manufacturing of the heads, which in practice I'm not sure how likely they are to do. > > As someone said, it > > may be better just to stomp up for a new printer... > > Hmmm, shame though... Depending upon the type of work you are looking to do, I would possibly recommend buying a new printer, and fixing this one as a bckground task. It could then be your backup. However, this would not work if it was for anything other than working prints etc. Ideally, your backup would be the same model as your main printer. Just my 2p! nij =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
