Ok. after talking with Epson I (embarrassingly) discovered that to access the "auto media tracking" function, you need to make this choice before loading paper. The menu option does not show once paper has been loaded.
I didn't mention the auto cleaning concern because of one response to the fact that auto cleaning may have been triggered because of changes from Mblk to Pblk (or visa versa) However since starting up this printer it has gone through 5 cleaning cycles entirely on it's own. Three of those have happened while switching between MB and PB the other two initiated after the message "auto nozzle check"
If this is Epsons solution to preventing clogging then I am a little miffed at the expense I will incur for ink usage during these cycles.
This should probably go under a new thread but I don't want to sound anti Epson (their service has been great) however there were a couple of things that helped me decide to replace our 7600 with the 7900. Which are:
- was told by sales rep that clog issues were resolved. (that still remains to be seen)
- was also told that the 7900 was twice as fast as the 7600. (yes, even though the 7900 is 2x as fast while printing, the time it takes for start up, option changes, cleaning, etc. are over 2x longer, so production speed remains the same or less depending on the number of cleaning cycles.)
- was told that auto cleaning could be switched off. (apparently not)
