Digital BW, The Print

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

Greetings,

Some Epson users are inclined to revive the printer and some are not.
You can probably use the 1280 for both BO and color with careful cleaning.

By not having ink in the color space, you are writing those heads off. A
cheap cart. or a refil will keep the heads flowing. There are always
exceptions though.

gar

  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Manuel
Toledo Quinones
  Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 5:55 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] BO with 1280 with stuck nozzle


  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



  


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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
>