Re. Dan Berg's post above:
97.10: list price for damper assembly (US $)
239.40: list price for capping station
14.99: list price for wiper
351.49: total cost of parts
250.00: 2 hours of labor (I don't know what Decision One's labor rate is)
601.49: total coat of damper, capping station and wiper replacement
Re. everyone else's comments: we work with photographers, offset printers, screen printers, and graphic design firms every day. We see lots of Epson printers, some that we have sold, others that we haven't. Our experience, and our observations of Epson printers in general, matches Epson's experience - there is a very low failure rate (printers running non-Epson inks (sublimation or third party inks) are not included in this statement!), and they are very reliable printers.
Tony