Why am I going through Zebra printheads on a regular basis?

We have had a situation where the labels and ribbons were in spec for a customer, but the printer was burning through printheads well before their warranty was complete.  We discovered, after hours of testing, that some of the late model Zebra printers shipped from the factory with bent printhead brackets, causing a printhead alignment issue and prematurely burning through printheads.  We wrote an article and a complete solution for this problem.  Read more..