I have had a similar experience with UniComp - the UK equivalent of National Parts it seems. They pointed me to the incredibly useful: www.epson.co.uk/spares which has the (presumably) same Parts manuals And when I asked them about service manuals, they said that they were on-line somewhere on the Epson sites, but that they were password protected (but that one may be able to get a password direct from Epson, just by asking nicely ;) So I will try that sometime soon. nij > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com > [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Joe Dolice > Sent: 21 April 2002 10:19 > To: epson-inkjet@leben.com > Subject: Re: all flashing > > > Hi Bill, > I haven't tackled opening up the 1160 yet and replacing the > pads, but > they are listed in a parts list with illustrated blow-up diagrams of the > 1160 that I got from National Parts Depot -- > <http://www.nationalparts.com>. Epson says that the Service manual is > "not available" but page 9 of the "related documantation" section of > their own PDF Product Information Guide on their own site does list a > Service Manual under TM-SC860/1160, so I know one does exist!. I already > asked Epson why I can't get a service manual (to which I hardly expect a > reply) but I'm going to continue trying to order one through both > National Parts Depot and Vance Baldwin, <http://www.vancebaldwin.com>; > and anyone else who might be able to get me a begged, borrowed or stolen > one. <snip> - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.