Digital BW, The Print

I think your original problem was that the cart wasn't breathing 
correctly.  This is exactly what happens when my MIS black CFS tube 
clogs.  You build up a vacuum and the printer can't suck ink... a 
small problem easily fixed.

...hate to say it, but things get busted in a move...

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Mathews" 
<ed@l...> wrote:
>      OK, now I'm starting to get really mad.  I finally moved and
> settled in my new house, and when I had used up most of my ink in my
> 1280 I decided it was time to get that replacement on it's way to 
me,
> now that I have an address and stuff.  (I've owned it about 5 
months and
> from day one it would only print about 2 photos and then the black 
ink
> would start to clog - repeated head cleanings always made it worse -
> Windex did nothing - only cure was to sit overnight and then it 
would be
> good for another two photos the next day).
>      So I get the replacement today, unpack it, connect it, install 
the
> ink, and the red light just stays on.  No power light.  I tried 
Epson
> interactive support on-line and get to the point where they tell me 
I
> have to call Epson.  So I called Epson, go through a couple things, 
and
> the tech says it's DOA and there's nothing that can be done.  I 
asked
> him if this was a new printer, and he confesses that all 
replacements
> are refurbished printers.  He's sending a third printer.
>      Didn't I read about the new Piezo using Canon printers now?  
I'm
> real close to bidding Epson a fond farewell here.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ed
> http://lightandsilver.com