I got a surprise this morning when the techs from Electronflow called saying they were only minutes away and asking how to find my place! Lucky for them I was in, as no-one had called to let me know they were coming today.

The tech's were here in the attic most of the morning - very cosy, and not quite the office space they typically find a 4800 inhabiting :)

The battery tested fine so they ended up replacing the main board in the printer which meant backing up the printer data beforehand. Interesting stuff to watch - complete with the usual problems of procedures going astray because of missing steps in the manual. Here's a pic of the main board, battery at the top left:





Fingers crossed that should be it regarding the 0088 code, will find out for sure tomorrow when the printer starts up.

As for how much this warranty repair will cost me I'll have to wait and see what arrives in the mail. In the mean time I'll be contacting Epson and seeing what if anything can be done about the cost.