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.