Digital BW, The Print

Both of these suggestions are right-most of the time. On the other 
hand, as I mentioned in a previous thread, I've owned four 1280s and 
while the older beige ones performed flawlessly until I screwed them 
up, the two newer ones (the black & silver 1280S) have never had 
anything but dyes in them, and have NEVER given me banding free 
printing no matter what I do. I suspect the rod that the head 
travels on was not aligned properly, or the feed rate is wrong. It 
is likely that simple wear can produce a similar situation or other 
problems that can't be fixed by aligning. Sorry to be a pessimist, 
but it may be that after 3-4 years the old beast needs an overhaul 
or replacement. These days the cost is about the same what with 
rebates etc. However, I for one can't reccomend replacing it with a 
1280S- as I said, my experience with them has been very frustrating. 
The 2200 is better suited for printing with pigments, and there 
should be a replacement for the 1280 in the not-to-distant future- 
after all, its been around for 3+ years now?


Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> 
> He's right. The number one reason for bading is usally when people 
try to use bi-
> directional printing with the high-speed on, then double check  
head allignment, if not 
> that it could be partially clogged heads which could be resolved 
with the cleaning carts.
> 
> You should also try another driver setting by changing either the 
profile or the media type 
> setting. That is worth trying also. But if you have had good 
results with a particular profile 
> it wouldn't be that.
> 
> john
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" 
<bob@f...> wrote:
> > Are you using hispeed (bidirectional) in the driver? That makes 
head 
> > alignment much more critical - I never use it. What resolution 
are you 
> > using? 2880 with my 1290 has no banding, whereas with 1440 I can 
often see 
> > some. What inks are you using? Many have said that the 
best 'cleaning' inks 
> > are the original Epson inkcarts - they rarely clog unless left 
unused for 
> > months.
> > 
> > Bob Frost.
> >