on 3/7/04 8:59 AM, Bill Barton at wbill at bellatlantic.net wrote: > I am just really frustrated today, I am looking at two epson printers a > 8x10 and a larger carriage one for up to 13x19 inch prints and both are > dead. I seem to only get two years out of these epson printers before > the print heads go bad, or there is a major problem with the main > circuit board. Is it me, or is that all I should really expect out of > them. The smaller printer I can replace for not much money and just > ordered a HP 7660 to try my luck there. But the larger printer cost > 250.00 for the repair last time and I don't want to spend it again. How much printing do you do? These inexpensive printer components do have a limited duty cycle, and it sounds like you might be better served with a printer with a higher duty cycle. -- Glenn L. Austin <>< Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <glenn at austin-home.com> <http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/>