I bought a C62 as my first printer, 6 monthes down the line I had to return it to a local Epson agent, because on plain black text, it left squiggly blue broken lines, and sometimes a broken red line.... "the print head" said the dealer, to much of my amazement he threw it in a nearby rubbish bin, and handed me a replacement ( minus ink cartridges). What I did not realise is that he did not hand the receipt back, I thought he had put in the box.
Guess what, the heads have started to require continous cleaning and Epson cartridges are not cheap, personally I put it down to the type of jets used, these are not thermal jets.
Epson seems to be of no help, inspite of having the old and new replacement regestration documents. I am in the process of doing what the dealer did.
I personally would never buy Epson products again, looking at thier C900 laser printer the toners are not exactly cheap eithert.
My advice is don't buy a printer with peizo heads, and don't buy them with a chipped cartridge. For the price Epson charges for cartridges they oughta include the print head. In future I will steer clear of Epson no matter the print quality.
If the ink dries up at any time in the print head, the heads could easily be damaged, i.e. leaving low levels of ink in whilst going on holiday etc.
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