Digital BW, The Print

If you guys are having regular banding issues with the 1280 you need to spend some time 
aligning your heads. Make sure you have high-speed off. This is one of the biggest 
mistakes with people complaing about banding on any Epson printer. Also, always do a 
nozzle check before doing a job. A lot of time what people percieve as banding is really a 
simi-clogged nozzle in one of the channels.

I still have a 1270 and a 1200, both of which are a bit less fine than the 1280, are more 
than 5 years old, and I have never had any banding problem with these printers or the 
1280. Head alignment is essential. These printers of mine utilize carbon pigment inks as 
well as the original Epson 1270 formula.

If your heads are clean and correctly alligned and you are printing at at least 1440 then 
the only other things to look at is the correctness of  your profile or curve and the way 
your driver is set up for media type, etc. An incorrect curve or profile can create strange 
distributions of tonal value resembling banding or solizarization.

john