Digital BW, The Print

Don't worry about your name, doggy... You ask intelligent questions 
for a mutt...

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "dogdrum7" <zenphoto7@a...> 
wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "daschkenas" 
> <daschkenas@a...> wrote:
> > I've been printing b&w with the epson 1280, NMC CIS and MIS dye 
> > inks.  The neutralality has been looking fantastic on LPM without 
> > special profiles.  What I'm seeing, however, is slight magenta 
> > overspray on one side of the print, perpendicular to the head 
> > movement.  Head cleaning doesn't seem to help, nozzle checks look 
> > fine, but when I make a print, a slight line of magenta is 
visible 
> on 
> > one edge of the print, the other 3 edges are clean and neat.
> > I called epson about it, and they are sending out another 1280, 
> somI 
> > will replace the cart holders and transfer the CIS.
> > My question is have others had a problem with overspray on the 
1280.
> > The prints themselves look great, nothing is out of register or 
> > allignment.
> > Last night I put some windex on the parking pad sponges and let 
it 
> > sit overnight hoping that might solve the problem, but no such 
luck.
> > I don't recall seeing this problem when using oem carts.
> > Could the CIS be causing this to happen, I hope not because I 
love 
> > the MIS Dyes and the CIS works beautifully.
> > I seem to recall someone saying that the 1280's 
often "oversprayed"
> > Is this true or am I imagining it.
> > Any info would be greatly appreciated.
> > TIA.
> > David
> 
> David,
> 
> I don't have any answers for you but I do have a couple of 
questions 
> if you don't mind.
> 
> Does epson know you were using CIS and other inks other than epson 
> and then still honored their warranty? Did you run the unit with 
the 
> Epson provided carts first before installing CIS and if so were you 
> having the overspray issue then too? Just curious in case I face 
> similar issues with my new 1280.
> 
> Tim T.
> btw..apologies to all regarding the "handle" dogdrum7 that 
> accompanies my posts. When I first signed on I didn't realize that 
> typing one of my email addresses would cause it to become the 
default 
> identifier. I have since tried to edit my profile and change it to 
my 
> actual name but it won't let me for some reason. Also because there 
> is another Tim here who preceded me I have added my last initial to 
> my signiature to avoid any confusion.