Welp, ya come to the right place (I do printers for a living).

Sadly, most low-end printers are consumables nowadays, I once actually bought a new printer because the cartridges cost more than the printer. All I really know is the HP line, and the deal with them was they'd fix it, but it took 3 weeks (non warranty), and the cost was about $350. I'm not sure what Epson does (frankly, all I ever work on are Epson dot matrix printers, and it's rare I have to work on those..;)

It's likely  you should replace it. If all 4 (or 2? there's different ways of doing this, and I don't know the model) aren't printing, either the carriage is too far off the paper (well, maybe not, you'd get some sort of ink deposis..;), the firing mechanism (for the ink dots, wax, etc..whatever Epson calls them..;) isn't working, logic board's gone, etc. Long story short, it's likely to cost you more to repair than replace. 3 years is about right for a local printer under average used, especially inkjets.

Printers, at least at the individual end, are just getting more and more disposable. The ones built 10 years ago were like tanks, and I still have a lot of those in my inventory. The later they get, the shorter the life-span seems to get...:| The metal parts are being replaced by plastic parts, the warranty gets shorter...well, 'nuff 'bout that..;)

You see the same thing with Palm Pilots, Ipods, etc..don't repair; replace. Sad sometimes..

 

 

 

 

 

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)