George Hazelton
New member
Help! My Epson R1800 which has given me good service for about two years developed an alarming symptom last night. After printing several 4 x 6 “proofs,” in the middle of a print the head carriage went all the way to the left and stayed there while making a horrible noise, much like gears failing to mesh. I dived for the power switch, and the head then very slowly moved to the right and stopped entirely.
I shut the printer down and a few minutes powered it back up, it went through its power on sequence normally. Another attempt to print resulted in the same problem.
Epson’s online troubleshooting doesn’t cover anything like this. I’ve sent them an email but haven’t heard back.
Has anyone had anything like this happen? Any suggestions for fixes? Am I at the tender mercies of an Epson service center? Is my printer wrecked?
If the R1800 is a basket case, any suggestions for a replacement which would also print good black and white?
I shut the printer down and a few minutes powered it back up, it went through its power on sequence normally. Another attempt to print resulted in the same problem.
Epson’s online troubleshooting doesn’t cover anything like this. I’ve sent them an email but haven’t heard back.
Has anyone had anything like this happen? Any suggestions for fixes? Am I at the tender mercies of an Epson service center? Is my printer wrecked?
If the R1800 is a basket case, any suggestions for a replacement which would also print good black and white?