Gavin McCord wrote:
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 12:35, Graeme Boyd wrote:Most printers on the user-friendly side of �1000 aren't intended to be maintained any more. If you've had 6 years out of one you've done quite well. Last time I looked Epson inkjets were relatively cheap in terms of TCO (since they use a non-disposable print head - but beware cheap inks). At the mo, we're not running large amounts of ink jets, but have found Epson FX980/2180s to be the most cost effective low/medium capacity dot matrix printers (although we are currently trialling a ND-100 which although twice the cost is proving very reliable and cheap to run) In use, they last us about 18 months to years, then we chuck them out and buy new (or at least that's what we used to do!). This is compared with similar specced hardware from Panasonic, Star and IBM. BTW we use Kyocera 3750 / 3800 lasers.
I've got an Epson Stylus Photo 700 which is not printing as well as it used to. I think the problem may lie with the belt which seems to slip occasionally. Does anyone know where I might purchase a new belt for this printer in Glasgow?IMHO, Epson printers aren't designed to be fixed, but thrown away and a
new model purchased. I've a Stylus 500, nearly 6 years old and had a
devil of time trying to open it up to reposition a little plastic clip
that had fallen out, causing paper loading to fail. But it still works
after a fashion, so get it up you, Epson :-) (Oh, and I don't buy your
official ink anymore either.)
We get spares from Express Terminals if we need them.
Colin
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