Epson Ink tank printers longevity

[mystvearn]

I have bought my printer 2-3 years now. The L355 model (though all models have similar ink and printer head). First year of ownership was good. Lots of stuff managed to be printed. The black was refilled once. Then it started going downhill. First fine white lines would appear on the paper- the kind of lines where when you do the nozzle clean, deep clean head clean or whatever, it is still there. Sent to the SC, fixed it. Working great. After the service centre warranty period is over (3 months), the printer started acting again. Now it is becoming worse.

I am not sure if I should send it for repair again or replace the entire printer. I have 3 Epson printers. The L355 is at home. The L210 are at the office. The L210 which is used frequently though not high capacity use are still working fine and the black ink has been topped up. The L355 at home which is used rarely is becoming worse. I liked the L355 as I can print from my phone, laptop through wifi. Though when the head is too bad, printing even flight tickets are a problem. I have read reviews online at amazon and it seems that this is a thing. Has anyone else suffered the same problem as I have? Should I service or get a different printer?

Thanks

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"The L355 at home which is used rarely is becoming worse"

All inkjet printers, but Epson printers in particular, do not like being "rarely" used. I advise you to get rid of the L355 and replace it with a Canon printer as they seem to tolerate occasional use without blockage problems. I've left my 2-year old Canon for up to 10 days while I was away, yet it worked as good as ever when I got back home, didn't even need a nozzle clean.

However, I still prefer to to run the nozzle check utility every 3 or 4 days to ensure fresh ink replaces the old ink in the printhead - that's what causes blockages in inkjet printers, old ink turning to a semi-dry paste because it's been left too long.

I'm fairly confident that a Canon printer will be better suited for use at home in your circumstances.

 

[helpstar]

Did you run Head Cleaning more than once? Try again.

Did you try the Utility Power Ink Flushing and print head aligning?
(refill ink before running the tool)

shut down and unplug from the wall socket for 6hours