Digital BW, The Print

I cant solve the Microbanding problem! ive tried alot and hav no idea 
wat else i can do!
her is a pic of what comes out of my printer on epson matte 
heavyweight paper at 1440dpi with pauls carbon curve
http://www.jsfotografie.de/epson.jpg its heavyly oversharpend but i 
guess you can see the bandings very good... what i find strange is 
that if you take a very close look at the right side after the big 
ugly band there is no banding! ARGGGG and the guys ofer at MIS dont 
answer me if i got a bad cart

regards Janosch

I would not try to fix this sort of problem, in my opinion it's a waste of
time. These are desktop printers (I handle issues on my wide format
professional printer quite differently) and are not designed for the quality
demands you require. My first step would be to have the printer replaced by
Epson or if not under warrantee, sell it on eBay, buy a new printer. If the
new printer is not perfect first time, return it to Epson. Do this until you
get a perfect printer. I once struggled with a printer for weeks, then
finally returned it to Epson, they sent me a new printer, and it printed
perfectly right out of the box.

Are all the lines on the nozzle check perfectly lined up? If any are
slightly out of alignment get a new printer or printhead.

Wendel

> I cant solve the Microbanding problem! ive tried alot and hav no idea
> wat else i can do!
> her is a pic of what comes out of my printer on epson matte
> heavyweight paper at 1440dpi with pauls carbon curve
> http://www.jsfotografie.de/epson.jpg its heavyly oversharpend but i
> guess you can see the bandings very good... what i find strange is
> that if you take a very close look at the right side after the big
> ugly band there is no banding! ARGGGG and the guys ofer at MIS dont
> answer me if i got a bad cart
> 
> regards Janosch

yeah the nozzle check is perfect...


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Wendel White 
<wendel@b...> wrote:
> I would not try to fix this sort of problem, in my opinion it's a 
waste of
> time. These are desktop printers (I handle issues on my wide format
> professional printer quite differently) and are not designed for 
the quality
> demands you require. My first step would be to have the printer 
replaced by
> Epson or if not under warrantee, sell it on eBay, buy a new 
printer. If the
> new printer is not perfect first time, return it to Epson. Do this 
until you
> get a perfect printer. I once struggled with a printer for weeks, 
then
> finally returned it to Epson, they sent me a new printer, and it 
printed
> perfectly right out of the box.
> 
> Are all the lines on the nozzle check perfectly lined up? If any are
> slightly out of alignment get a new printer or printhead.
> 
> Wendel
>  
> > I cant solve the Microbanding problem! ive tried alot and hav no 
idea
> > wat else i can do!
> > her is a pic of what comes out of my printer on epson matte
> > heavyweight paper at 1440dpi with pauls carbon curve
> > http://www.jsfotografie.de/epson.jpg its heavyly oversharpend but 
i
> > guess you can see the bandings very good... what i find strange is
> > that if you take a very close look at the right side after the big
> > ugly band there is no banding! ARGGGG and the guys ofer at MIS 
dont

> > answer me if i got a bad cart
> > 
> > regards Janosch

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tiger02171" <Janosch@j...> 
wrote:
> yeah the nozzle check is perfect...


Could be some kind of ink starvation. A bad cart is my guess. Have you printed with Epson 
carts to confirm it's not the carts?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" 
<jvlist@c...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tiger02171" 
<Janosch@j...> 
> wrote:
> > yeah the nozzle check is perfect...
> 
> 
> Could be some kind of ink starvation. A bad cart is my guess. Have 
you printed with Epson 
> carts to confirm it's not the carts?

yeah must be the carts! with the epson orignal ink i got perfect 
results!

but at the moment my printer is dead! :-( ive installed a cealing 
cartrige and since than the red light is on..and my status monitor 
tells me that something is in the way of the cart...but i cant find 
anything :-(

Look at your cleaning carts and see if they have chips on them. (and
hope they do) If you put a cart without a chip into a 1280/1290 it
will bend the pins that make the connection to the cart and your
printer will never register any cart being in place ever again. That's
the red light signal. If you are in that unfortunate position, and
under warranty, Epson will do a warranty replacement. Just don't tell
them what happened, play dumb. I was honest with them and they
replaced mine but it is a clear case of a 3rd party product damaging
the printer. If you printer is not under warranty, I'm so sorry for you. 

My cleaning cart that was missing the chip and killed my first 1280
came from vendor other than MIS. My settlement with them includes my
commitment not to publicly badmouth them. Just say, I've only done
business with MIS since then. 

BTW, it sounds like you just had a bad MIS cart. They will send you
another if you ask. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tiger02171"
<Janosch@j...> wrote:

> 
> but at the moment my printer is dead! :-( ive installed a cealing 
> cartrige and since than the red light is on..and my status monitor 
> tells me that something is in the way of the cart...but i cant find 
> anything :-(

My Printer is back in life! :-)))

ive solved the problem!

and adjusted the printer and the result is better but still not 
perfect!!! i guess they have to sent me another cart!

regards Janosch

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Michaels" 
<bob@b...> wrote:
> Look at your cleaning carts and see if they have chips on them. (and
> hope they do) If you put a cart without a chip into a 1280/1290 it
> will bend the pins that make the connection to the cart and your
> printer will never register any cart being in place ever again. 
That's
> the red light signal. If you are in that unfortunate position, and
> under warranty, Epson will do a warranty replacement. Just don't 
tell
> them what happened, play dumb. I was honest with them and they
> replaced mine but it is a clear case of a 3rd party product damaging
> the printer. If you printer is not under warranty, I'm so sorry for 
you. 
> 
> My cleaning cart that was missing the chip and killed my first 1280
> came from vendor other than MIS. My settlement with them includes my
> commitment not to publicly badmouth them. Just say, I've only done
> business with MIS since then. 
> 
> BTW, it sounds like you just had a bad MIS cart. They will send you
> another if you ask. 
> 
> Bob Michaels
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tiger02171"
> <Janosch@j...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > but at the moment my printer is dead! :-( ive installed a cealing 
> > cartrige and since than the red light is on..and my status 
monitor 
> > tells me that something is in the way of the cart...but i cant 
find 
> > anything :-(