Digital BW, The Print

Howdy,

I have an 1160 that started acting weird. This printer was a dream for a couple of years. I use the CFS MIS-vm The prints after Paul's curves were added were very dark. I printed squares of the separate cartridge positions and they started looking strange except for the black position. The tubes were correctly positioned and the swabs from the bottles looked fine. Nozzle checks fired but the lower group seemed a little darker than they should. I also printed the Epson test sheet from the pdf file that the service guy sent me. Was not good tonally. I committed the printer to the local Authorized Epson hospital. The owner eventually (while we were on the phone) drew some pigment from the yellow position and told me it was dark. Said there is a great possibility that the cartridge could have a split and the pigments were mixing. I am going to get new cartridges for him at his suggestion.

Now comes the quandary. I had a new head put in in December but he is not sure yet if this head is firing properly. He also said that Epson probably won't guaranty a new head after this length of time. I am also close enough to the mandatory maintenance time where he says it will stop printing soon so it does need maintenance. I have a 1280 but would still need another printer to do color and b/w. He has some 1270's which I could get a deal on or I could possibly spring for a 2200 and fast for a while. Would love to have my 1160 run or find another but that may not happen. WHICH WAY SHOULD I GO!!   I'm old and retired but full of life. The stock market didn't kill me but hasn't made me happy either.  Advice kindly accepted. Thank you all.

Barry S. or bgs

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