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Hi Gerard, It is difficult to say. The problem with CX4200,38xx, 4800 is their scanner. I need a free access to printing area but these printers have a scanner and if you remove the connections you will get so many blinking leds, errors. On the other hand, their mechanics are much more robust than C68 and C88, they have also 90 nozzles for each color and both x-y axis are feedback controlled which means there is no missing step problem as in step motor controlled ones.
Another problem with Epson printers they are using abrasive roller for paper feeding/positioning and when you use PCB you slowly started to damage the abrasive coating of roller. This causes y-axis starting position errors because of fast feeding during start phase of printing. Now, I have faced with this problem and decided to disable y-axis motor during paper intake/feeding phase. I think this will solve the problem. Any ideas?
So, what is the answer? I think, since I have so much experience and understand the operation of CX4200 and CX4800, I will choose CX4200 again.
Cheers,
Volkan


Which printer do you regard most suitable for this task? CX4200 or
would you choose another one based on the experience you have now.

With kind regards,

Gerard Janssen



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