Digital BW, The Print

Like Paul, I cannot determine why some have clog problems with 1280s
and some don't. I've been lucky pumping MIS pigments through them for
about four years and no significant problems and getting great prints. 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
> The 1280 has a mixed record with respect to clogging.  I do not know why
> some have great luck with it and others have had constant problems.
 Some of
> the older cartridge batches were probably part of the problem.  Used
1280s
> with dye on the parking pads was also a source of trouble, as it is
> incompatible with Eboni matte black.  (The parking pads should be rinsed
> off.)  Non-use of the sepia toner in the UT2 yellow position may
have been
> part of the problem with that jet. 
> 
> What some of us have found recently is that Windex in a cart does an
amazing
> job of cleaning out printers.  As such, what I've been wondering is
if that
> approach to maintaining a 1280 would take care of whatever problems may
> result from some basic design weakness of the machine.  At current
prices, I
> think it might be worth taking the risk.  An Epson-refurbished 13"
printer
> at just under $200 could be a bargain, but you've heard the downside
story
> also.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>