We recently received a refurbished Epson 4000 to replace our broken 4000 a few months ago. Unfortunately, whenever we send multiple jobs to the printer, it slows down significantly after the third or fourth print. The first print will come out super fast, but with each subsequent print, the speed would drop tremendously. After the fourth print, it usually drops down to half speed and by the sixth job, the print head is pausing at each end for half a second! My 8.5x11 prints are taking as long as 15 minutes to come out!
We are printing to the printer through the network and are working in an all-Mac environment. We use ImagePrint as our RIP, but noticed that the slow down issue occurs when using both ImagePrint and printing directly to the printer. I've called Epson service and they insist its either a driver issue or an OS issue. I've duplicated the slow down issue on 3 different computers and have made sure all the drivers/firmware for everything is up to date. I disagree with Epson and believe its a problem with the printer.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this slow down issue on my Epson 4000?
Thanks!