- #User manual for epson 3880 printer how to#
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#User manual for epson 3880 printer pro#
Thank you for confirming that there are actual studies that backup the documented 5 year service life for the Epson Stylus Pro 3880. Should a owner repair or upgrade? And importantly, is the 'upgrade' addressing the weak points of the printer it is upgraded from? That would be: the PKB to MKB switching device. But, it is sort of beside the point anyway.
#User manual for epson 3880 printer manuals#
Is that correct? I am wondering where are the 'third party studies' coming from? Epson used it in their service manuals so It has some creds.
Why? Because " Those statements are merely projections based off of third party studies." But, wait. the implication here is that the statement that the service life of the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 is 5 years is not accurate and not the position of Epson. In the end my time was more valuable profiling a new printer than rebuilding an old one. Personally, if I were to repair it I would replace both the ink supply and capping station assemblies as there is no point in doing just one when the printer is taken apart.
With respect to my 3880, yes I could have gone the DIY repair route but that would have entailed part costs and new ink and one does not know what the condition of the print head might be. Do we sink more money into a car of this age?). All mechanical things fail (my wife's 16 year old Honda Accord has had an intermittent problem with starting and now it won't start at all. Good to know but it doesn't change the calculation much at all. that the 5 year end of life is just a lot of fluff
FWIW, I have an Epson 3800 which is still working 11+ years later. There are numerous ways to characterize this, MTBF, expected service life, etc. Where are you going with this? All mechanical and electronic devices have usable service lives. Obviously some printers will die early, some will last a long time, but there is no set time of a 5 year end of life for some component, process, environment, etc. Thus Epson Engineering itself didn't perform any analysis of this. Those statements are merely projections based off of third party studies. It is my pleasure to respond to your inquiry. Thank you for contacting Epson regarding your Epson Stylus Pro 3880. The circle cutout in the middle of the extension has no use.I reached out to Epson's engineering, after a few back and forth emails, they didn't even know where this 5 year life was stated until I showed them in the service manual. Myself I could insert canvas into my 3880 using the rear feeder without any error message and do it 20 out of 20 times successfully. Like anything else it takes a little knack in guiding the canvas into the printer with this method. This wood section shown below is 15" high when I do long panoramas (10' or more) I add a 36" extension to the top of the extension shown below where I actually drape the paper I'm using over it when I'm printing. The horizontal dowel is to hold the canvas upright if there is a roll curl to it.
The semi circles on each side is where you can grab the canvas with you forefinger and thumb and guide the canvas into the printer when the rollers catch the lead section of the canvas. You can come up with your own way up supporting the uprise wood extension. It is supported by a 13" strip of wood going from the back of the uprise wood extension to the back wall. I'm a passable carpenter (son of real one!), and although I do have the supplied rear feed tray, trying to feed canvas through can be a real chore.ĮrichK, The luan is actually an extension of the rear guide feed and it's on the same angle as the rear guide is. I don't know if your into wood but it might be an idea if your not able to get the real thing.īTW this setup also helps me a ton when I print out 10' panoramas.Ĭould you possibly provide a picture and/or further details.
#User manual for epson 3880 printer how to#
Yours don't have to be 40" high it could probably be 15" high and placed on the top of the desk or table to the rear of your printer and just use common sense on how to support it. I still have my back guide on my rear feed but what I did to actually make a foolproof method of feeding canvas to the rear feed was to build a 1/4" luan wood x 17" wide x 40" high placed in a slight slant rise vertical position in the rear of my 3880. My 2nd profession is a cabinet maker so I'm into building things with wood. If the options Howard mentioned are not possible where you can't get a hold of a rear feed you might want to make one.
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