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Re: Epson 1280 Thin Black Lines on Printout

2004-11-28 by Bob Michaels

Do your lines look like they could be smears or one nozzle that fires
continously? If it looks like one nozzle firing, do they extend
outside the print area on one side? In either case it probably has
nothing to do with the ink but I'd try putting color dye carts back in
to be sure. 

If it's a smear, you need to clean the bottom of the heads with a
windex soaked paper towel. 

If it's a nozzle firing, you're really out of luck as it's an
electrical connection problem between the printer and the heads and is
unrepairable. I had this and got Epson to do a warranty replacement.
This problem was discussed quite a bit recently over on the Epson
priter Yahoo group. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jturner4210626"
<JTurner421@a...> wrote:
> 
> I recently installed the UT2 inks for my Epson 1280.  After about 5-7 
> prints, I started getting thin black lines on the prints.  Sometimes 
> it's one long line, other times it's several thin lines in a 
> grouping.  Has anyone experienced this type of problem before and if 
> so, what did you do to resolve it?
> 
> --Joel Turner

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