Digital BW, The Print

Does your printer give you inconsistent nozzle checks using original
Epson carts? If so, I have no clue to your problem. But if if works
with Epson carts, your problem is in your carts and everything you've
been doing is trying to solve a clog problem, which is not what you have.

The nozzles on my 1280 have been absolutely reliable for the 18 mos.
I've had it. Any problems I've had have been in the carts. 

Bob Michaels 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ranyart"
<dilcher@y...> wrote:
> I am getting inconsistant nozzle checks on a 1280 epson.  I print one 
> nozzle check, and I might have one small gap in the black position.  
> I re-clean, then, a small gap in a grey section that printed 
> perfectly on the previous nozzle check.  Very frustating.  If I 
> *ever* get a perfect nozzle check, I can almost be sure that the next 
> nozzle check or print job will have some screwed up nozzle positions.   
>  
> Very frustrating. 
>  
> I have had severe clogging problems the whole year and a half I have 
> had this printer.  First with Piezo inks, then, with Paul's new UT 
> inks.  I am at my wits end. 
>  
> I have tried: 
>  
> paper towel windex trick. 
> removing cartridges and inject windex via syringe trick. 
> coating rest pad with windex trick. 
> clean a few times, let rest a while, try again trick. 
> clean a few times, let sit overnight, try again trick. 
>  
> I have no more tricks left.  I am ready to chuck this thing in the 
> dumpster.  I would pay for a new printer (again) to get a decent 
> print, but I have no assurances that anything I buy will be any 
> better than what I have. 
>  
> I am now at the point of trying any drastic measure, as a last 
> restore.  I am willing to listen to anything.  Please post any 
> suggestions that will help me before I lose any last little thread of 
> sanity I have left. 
>  
> Thanks,