Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: [Digital BW] Advice please 1200 vs. 1280 For B&W

2001-11-06 by Tim Spragens

Now that you mention it, my 1520 used to do this as well. I was very happy to find that the 1160 
"knew" it had paper under the heads. Far less swabbing the printers innards, now.

Tim

> The only drawback I've found relates to paper feed. If the paper
> doesn't feed properly and move into position under the print head, the
> 1200 often starts spraying anyway, onto the printer itself. I've had
> this happen on a regular basis. You can cancel the print job or turn
> off the printer, and wipe out the ribbed channel which catches all the
> ink, with a paper towel and windex. This problem appears to be unique
> to the 1200, as other printers will refuse to lay down ink if the
> paper doesn't get fed properly. 

--
Tim Spragens
http://www.borderless-photos.com
&
http://www.borderless-photos.de

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.