Digital BW, The Print

Sorry about the last post.  I posted before I wrote.  
Your problem sounds very much like the one I have had.  People are 
saying it is a fried circuit board.  The telling symptom is supposed 
to be the lines extending beyond the image area.  My problem began 
several months ago and was intermittent.  I could make it go away by 
running several prints.  Now it is happening all the time to the 
whole print.  I didn't have the leaking ink, so I don't know about 
that.  I would ride the printer to the end of the line, but prepare 
for the worst.  
Peter

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Keesling" 
<inteldes@a...> wrote:
> I've read the recent discussion about 1280s printing horizontal 
lines. I 
> noted the suggestions that it's a repair that may be more costly 
than 
> replacement.
> 
> I'm not entirely sure I've got the same problem, but would like to 
get 
> feedback.
> 
> My 1280 printer is about four years old and has seen moderate use. 
I'm using 
> UT2 inks and the original continuous feed system with carts that I 
got from 
> MIS with the UT2 inks. The printer had been virtually trouble-free.
> 
> Yesterday, on one occasion, the printer began printing horizontal 
black 
> lines along with the print. These lines were spaced about 1/32" 
apart ran 
> off the left edge (as viewed in the printer while printing) of the 
paper. I 
> turned the printer off and back on and made a couple of prints 
without any 
> problems.
> 
> Today, with my first print, as the image started to print, the 
printer laid 
> down a solid black horizontal line about ½" below the top edge of 
the print. 
> This line is about 1/16" wide and began appearing at the same time 
as the 
> top edge of the image was printing. As the image continued printing 
without 
> apparent problems, the printer began laying down thin horizontal 
black lines 
> below the initial black line and continued until I stopped the 
print. These 
> lines were spaced about 1/32" apart. The image was continuing to 
print 
> normally under these black lines as far as I could tell. I turned 
the 
> printer off and back on and tried again. This time, instead of the 
black 
> lines, the printer was leaking black ink at the left edge of the 
print with 
> each (I think) pass. There was enough ink leaking that it dripped 
from the 
> head halfway back across to the right edge of the paper on many 
passes.
> 
> I stopped the print and did a nozzle check and only four of the 
black 
> nozzles fired. A cleaning fixed that. Then I printed a 21-step 
grayscale 
> file and it looks great. I printed a couple of purge patterns and 
they look 
> fine, too. I printed these using cool, neutral and sepia curves and 
all look 
> fine.
> 
> Now, I notice there's little ink in the tubing from the Eboni 
bottle. I'm 
> not sure what, if anything this would have to do with the problem I 
had, but 
> the carts all appear to be full and the bottles all have at least 
an inch of 
> ink in them.
> 
> I've now made four 5 x 7 prints without problems of any kind.
> 
> Did I just have a hiccup that's corrected itself or does it sound 
to you 
> experts like I've got a problem that needs to be addressed? For 
now, I seem 
> to be back in business.
> 
> Tom Keesling
> Intelligent Design