Carlos4072

Another interesting possibility. In a forum about Epson printers for photographers, I read that Epson suggested doing 9 print head cleaning in a row, for a similar vertical banding that other user reported to the Epson Support. Then, this makes sense for me.

Yes, the alignment took a lot of time, since I checked with detail the best alignment option in each prompt from the printer. The thing about print a box and measure with the digital caliper, I can try it for sure. And not, this print head is new, no head strikes until now. Thanks for the advice.

I did the flush, and again replaced the dampers. No improvement. Any other advice ?

Great work. Could be nice if you describe wich type of errors we can avoid bypassing all the sensors.

Interesting, i guess dampers can't be, since i just replaced all the dampers. But... ink assembly... could be, but can you explain to me the logic behind this please ?? Thanks a lot for the advice.

I have many Epson P800 printers, but in one of them, the last days I'm getting a vertical banding in my prints when I print at 720x1440. Usually I print at this resolution because it is better for my workflow. This vertical banding disappears when I print at 1440x1440. Do you have any idea why this could be happening ?? The only adjustment that I did for that printer was the print head height adjustment. I already cleaned and replaced the encoder and aligned the print head.

Thanks a lot for the advice, now the printer is working fine.

Sure, P5000 is a great machine, but here is much more expensive than 1900. You can buy it here for 2500 euros. Anyway i think both are great options. By the way, i have a friend using P5000 but don't detect the dtf film. Any suggestion about this issue ??

I like to know how is working, but no word about this subject. I hope anyone can share the experience here.

European version can use auto reset cartridges, just like the 3880. For me a machine like this (if works and last as a p800) 1500 euros is very good price, because the machine still in production and is brand new.

I keep attentive to your results. I think p5000 is a solid option, also p6000 since the difference between both in the local market are more or less 1000 usd. But you will get 60cm wide prints. I don't know how the p6000 compare in speed with the p5000.

Also, if you are interested, you can upload any image ready to print, and i can record for you the loading and rip times. Please let me know

Good to know that was useful for you. This recording was A3 size, but in my p800 i usually send to print 43x50 in more or less the same time, honestly Acro10 is very fast for load images and send jobs to print. Also, check the compatibility list, your p5000 is supported alredy.

Acrorip 10+ is much faster, than Arcorip 9.03, in somce cases 10x faster, from load images, to the rip process itself (i recorded a video comparision.). Also Acrorip let you choose between unidirectional or bidirectional in any printer, then could be a very good rip for test your p5000. ripping.mp4

This is great info. This P5000 still in production and in stock ? I think that bidirectional printing will be possible for sure, the question is wich rip will do it first. Good luck with your new printer dude.

I spended the weekend making more test. Unfortunatelly no good luck. I switched cardridges, and changed the ink for other brand. But still getting same results. Please if you have other idea about what could be the problem, let me know.

Yes, im only talking about print speed, but i agree about the quality and durabilty are not comparable. Right now im using also a L1800 Ecotank with very good results, but this machine is too slow. Im not sure about get a chinese dual head machine, for me at this point is more easy and cheap buy this old printers (p400-p800-3880) or ecotank options (L1800, 8550).

Thanks both for help with the possible failures. I have 3 sets of cartidges, so i can check that easy. Also i have other brand ink, and if that the problem is too easy fix it. The prinhead is almost new, no more than 500 prints, of course i know that even with few prints could be defective. I already tested many films, but in my L1800 this films are workin flawless. Anyway, i go to take some days for change everything, also i can change the printhead to a 3880 and test if is doing the same in other printer, in that way i can discard a mechanical issue. I appreciate a lot your help guys.

Im using Acro 9 and 10, but this happen also using photoshop for example. Yellow also have this issue, but is hard to see in the photos. Just black and white not show this "noise" or "static".

Hi guys, do you have any clue about this issue ?? All my prints have a strange patter every 2.5cm and this patter is 1cm of height. All my nozzle test are perfect, no problems of clogs. I using just 2 wihte channels and saving the other 2 for later. I already cleaned the encoder, encoder reader, printhead surface, manifold, replaced dampers, and double check every connection. The printer worked flawless for about 1 year, but now start to do this (please check the attached pictures):

This printhead have 180 nozzles, hangry muscle is printing at 1440x1440. After watch a video from Hangry Muscle, i can affirm that the printhead is an xp600 with a different manifold, very similar to the xp1500 manifold. This printer is more or less like a p600, and is available, one of the best option until p700 and p900 get chipless firmware. Also the printhead replacement is cheap, not sure about the compatible model, but look like this one: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005002522746966.html?_randl_currency=MXN&_randl_shipto=MX&src=google&src=google&albch=shopping&acnt=494-037-6276&slnk=&plac=&mtctp=&albbt=Google_7_shopping&albagn=888888&isSmbAutoCall=false&needSmbHouyi=false&albcp=6516758312&albag=75664784622&trgt=1460151206306&crea=es1005002522746966&netw=u&device=c&albpg=1460151206306&albpd=es1005002522746966&gclid=CjwKCAjw682TBhATEiwA9crl3_N__Ma1sDJ5GAnfav6rmMfsuWvSQFCRDIiK8RFL61UD3r5sk-MWuhoCL8IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&aff_fcid=5d18ec09c87d4b5ca1eec48ccb7fa6e2-1651769953216-00351-UneMJZVf&aff_fsk=UneMJZVf&aff_platform=aaf&sk=UneMJZVf&aff_trace_key=5d18ec09c87d4b5ca1eec48ccb7fa6e2-1651769953216-00351-UneMJZVf&terminal_id=2ce3918d62804b338283b3a31b3606d3&afSmartRedirect=y