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Its the same as if you want to buy just a replacement printhead for an R1900....
http://www.compassmicro.com/partsdetail.cfm?ID=4437&Printer=853&backpage=1
You will pretty much find this on any DX4, DX5, DX6 printheads from any authorized Epson parts distributor. If they do not list it on the site you will hit the wall as soon as you call or try to order. You also see that the direct distributor part price for that DX5 head is what I would consider "fair".
What really got this started was the DTG machine market. Many of these machines also use Epson heads and DTG printers (if not used near daily just like ours) get horribly clogged very fast. Also many of the DTG printers that have been on the market were built without decent cleaning/maintenance routines in the firmware further compunding the problems. They all have capping stations and wipers but many of the small t-shirt shops balk at the idea of their printer just burning a few bucks in ink every day while it just sits there. I've read of plenty of users disabling cleaning cycles totally on those printers thinking it's just a waste of ink..... They spend 3+ grand on the printer then cheap out on maintaining it. In the DGT setting those printers are much more often run by amatuers and low volume shops who end up with a head clogged so bad the only thing they do is try to get a new print head. This is why the one distributor above singles out so many DTG printers. I actually found out about the R1900 in particular using a DX5 head from a apparel forum....
http://www.compassmicro.com/partsdetail.cfm?ID=4437&Printer=853&backpage=1
You will pretty much find this on any DX4, DX5, DX6 printheads from any authorized Epson parts distributor. If they do not list it on the site you will hit the wall as soon as you call or try to order. You also see that the direct distributor part price for that DX5 head is what I would consider "fair".
What really got this started was the DTG machine market. Many of these machines also use Epson heads and DTG printers (if not used near daily just like ours) get horribly clogged very fast. Also many of the DTG printers that have been on the market were built without decent cleaning/maintenance routines in the firmware further compunding the problems. They all have capping stations and wipers but many of the small t-shirt shops balk at the idea of their printer just burning a few bucks in ink every day while it just sits there. I've read of plenty of users disabling cleaning cycles totally on those printers thinking it's just a waste of ink..... They spend 3+ grand on the printer then cheap out on maintaining it. In the DGT setting those printers are much more often run by amatuers and low volume shops who end up with a head clogged so bad the only thing they do is try to get a new print head. This is why the one distributor above singles out so many DTG printers. I actually found out about the R1900 in particular using a DX5 head from a apparel forum....