After looking at your photo I can tell you that your print head or it's controller is shot. Regards, Walt >After only 2 years of owning this printer, >$300 printer >$200 CIS system >hundreds of dollars in ink >$$$$$$ paper >$$$$$$$$$$$$$ hassle >all internet ideas/fixes...tried/failed >all cleaning/clogs from hell fixes...tried/failed > >let's just say, around $1000 ballpark spent within only the last 2 >years, would you want this 1280 printer with these nice bands, >clogs, garbage? > >http://members.acmenet.net/~roth/images/epson-1280.jpg > >ANYONE THINKING OF BUYING A 1280 EPSON PRINTER? Please refer me to >the page where Epson has acknowledged the problems with this >printer, and the fixes they have gone forward with on their new >printers, to prevent all the clogging issues, and other garbage >issues such as the fact that after only a short time period, the >cleaning cycles suck out all your expensive ink, that it not only >rips off your ink and your wallet, but it renders the printer >dead... while at the same time doubling and tripling the prices of >their new 13x19" printers...?. > >Meanwhile, I feel ripped off, obviously. > >Anyone have any ideas on HP or Canon printers? I'll buy one and come >up with the frigging curves, if anyone has any positive luck with >one. > >Best, >Mark > > > > > > > > > >Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as they are often being updated. > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > >If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or youwish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences byvisiting this same page. > >Please follow these basic guidelines: >- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. >- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks orflames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed fromthe membership without notice. >- Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digitalB&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may beremoved from the membership. >- By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rulesand guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the groupOwner and Moderators. See Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines in theFiles section: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > >BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THEPRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE OWNERAND MODERATORS OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BELIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLELOSSES (EVEN IF THE OWNER AND MODERATORS OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINTYAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES),RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THEPRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOURTRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTYON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTERRELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
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Re: [Digital BW] anyone thinking of buying an Epson 1280 photo printer...look here
2005-12-22 by Walt Mucha
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