Thanks for the tip. I had tried that already but it didn't make a difference. It does seem like there is significant scuffing on the marks of this disc. I found a timing disc on ebay I may try replace this one with...
There is in general a lot of visible wear and bits of rust in the interior...
I am suddenly getting this blurry misalignment or ghosting effect on my Epson ET-8550, as can be seen in the attached images. This is consistent via all paper feed sources.
I have tried all the built-in maintenance (nozzle cleaning, alignment) over a 24h period with time in between. I have...