Digital BW, The Print

Michael:

The print is less than a year old - it has not been used so much
When I pring a solid black area there are no lines - my thought being 
that this would indicate the print head is OK.
Is this correct?

Sally


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Hung" 
<mhkhung@y...> wrote:
> 
> How old is your printer? There's a few theories on this subject if 
you
> search the archive.
> 
> The bad news is that your printer may be at the end of it's life
> already and the black printer head is misfiring. When printing 
colour
> since the black ink is used so little you might not have noticed the
> problem before..
> 
> Michael
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sallyatt"
> <sallyatt@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > I am printing with MIS inks on an Epson 1280
> > Using Windows XP Home
> > I am printing at 2800 dpi using the Black Only setting
> > (I know the MIS ink set supports color/grey scale)
> > On solid black areas the coverage is perfect
> > On dark grey areas I will see some horizontal banding
> > 
> > Anyone have any suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Sally