Digital BW, The Print

I have worked with several 1280's in the years past.

From your description of what is going on I would suggest that you put the
poor thing out of it's misery and move on to a printer that works correctly.
 If you purchase used...try to test the machine first.

-Jim Coffee-

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 15:44, Dave Stranahan <pacnwimages@...>wrote:

>
>
> Hello to everyone here. I'm a newbie on the site but not to photography.
>
> I have been playing with cameras for 25 years now and want to get really
> good at making prints digitally now.
>
> I have an inexpensive Epson R300 that I hijacked from my wife and can make
> some really nice clean color photos up to 8x10 w/o any issues.
>
> So, wanting to print bigger, I bought a used Epson 1280 from a local
> professional water color artist. I was told it was still in fine working
> order.
>
> For $40 I thought it was a steal. No offense to her, but this printer has
> given me nightmares trying to get it to print a consistent color image. I
> mean first
>
> It printed posterized and then I got that to stop.then it printed wrong
> colors..read up on profiles and tried a dozen or so combinations printing.
>
> A few printed good but then went south on the next prints. U have had
> banding, magenta traces in B&W prints.drizzled ink at the edge of paper
> (NOT borderless)..you name it.
>
> I have gone through many head cleanings, nozzle checks, cleaning underside
> of head..you name it.
>
> I am using non OEM inks as well. I just came from the Professional
> Photographers (Pro Photo) store in Portland and spoke with the inkjet guru.
> I started
>
> telling him my issues and he started smiling really big. Seems as though I
> am not alone with this issue.new or used. He said that he has seen so many
> of these
>
> printers fail to print consistently for a variety of uncontrollable
> reasons.
> OEM or Non OEM inks made no difference.
>
> Is anyone just using theirs for B&W images and if so, what are you using
> for
> inks? Does anyone have better luck with the MIS QUAD TOME inksets? I have
> used them in my Epson C84 with
>
> remarkable results.
>
> I just printed a B&W using only Black ink and it seems to print out a nice
> warm tone using Epson Black.now to try to replicate this with after-market
> black cartridge and ink.
>
> Seems to print B&W fairly well...enough to fine tune easily I think..
>
> My options are to sell it for parts, sell it as is or try to use it for B&W
> only.
>
> I have read most of the articles about cleaning and printing with this
> printer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Stranahan
>
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