Digital BW, The Print

You have some electronic problem within the printer not a bad head.
It's not economically repairable. I had the same problem with a 1280
and researched it at length. It's seems it's a known problem with 1280s. 

I never thought about resetting the color chip and just printing BO.
Sure it will eventually burn out the color head but who cares. You've
got nothing to lose. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Manuel Toledo
Quinones" <mtoledo@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> 
> I have an epson 1280 that after two years of very light use is showing
> signs of a damaged head. Yellow and sometimes blue lines run accross
> the paper in most prints, both outside and inside the printing area.
> The problem shows up in black-only as well as in color prints.
> 
> I am thinking of installing an empty color cartridge, after resetting
> the chip so that the cartridge reads full. My hope is to be able to
> produce B&W prints using the black-only setting by doing this.
> 
> Do you think this is a good idea? Any advice will be greatly
appreciated!
> 
> Have a good day!
> 
> manuel
>