Digital BW, The Print

"Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote: > I think most of the 1280
problems were cart problems. 

After singing the praises of the 1280 with pigmnet inks for years, I'm
now wondering if there is some long term use clogging issues with
pigment. Possibly there is some residual pigment build up over time
that accentuates clogs. My original 1280 became more and more prone to
clogs with pigments as it got older. It still cleaned up and worked
well with dye but the pigment probem worsened. I replaced it with a
new 1280 and the probelm went away. Now I'm hearing from others that
are experiencing the same. 

Jim Arnold says he now has this problem with his 1280 and is using
carts filled with windex to try to clear it. He's getting globs of
black pigment breaking loose while printing with Windex. 

Does any of this match with your experience using the 1280?

I agree that most of the problems are with carts and the new 1280 EZ
fill carts are great. But this doesn't seem to be a cart related
problem.  

Bob Michaels