Digital BW, The Print

The occasional magenta lines are not correctable...it's a printhead problem.
 My experience is that the magenta lines will not ever go away.  They will
be intermittent.

-Jim Coffee-

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 08:18, mrjimbo <mrjimbo@...> wrote:

>
>
> Maybe pitching it may be the easiest way out for you.. I will say however
> that maybe the printer just needs a really good cleaning.. If the printer
> was used primarily on WC type materials then it has the possibility of being
> loaded with debris from that adventure.. The dribbling etc you describe
> could be from that.. The previous owner maybe didn't maintain it as well as
> most do as they moved on.. I'm not that familiar with the 1280 as I use the
> large format machines but your issues sound typical.. If you have some
> simple green wet a paper towel with it and feed it under the print head..
> gently slide it back and forth a few times ...you may be able to folds it
> over.. Let it set on the soaked paper towel for several hours.. Then just do
> a clean up with another using distilled water.. Give it another go.. As I
> said I'm not familiar with that printerat all .. I'm used to capping station
> s etc.. so maybe someone else can shed some light there.. Anyway, it
> wouldn't hurt to try it .. If it's still the same .. fire up the chain
> saw...:-)
>
> jimbo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Stranahan
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 8:58 AM
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Epson 1280 Woes...
>
> Thanks for the advice. I was leaving out the piece where the expert told me
> throw it away and not even sell it for parts.
>
> I trusted this published water color artist that it was working fine before
> buying.
>
> Dave
>
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>]
> On Behalf Of Jim
> Coffee
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 7:53 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 1280 Woes...
>
> 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@... <pacnwimages%40comcast.net>>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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> >
> >
> >
>
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