QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <richard@r...> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of adolphamster
> Sent: 03 January 2006 17:30
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Banding in prints
> 
> I  have been using QTR for some time and have a new problem: prints
> using my Epson 1280 now show perceptible horizontal bands or stripes
> for the first and last 1/4" of each print. Can this be an alignment
> problem?
> If not, what might it be?
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> Realign or clean your heads or both.
> 
> Richard

Thank you for your suggestion. But if the problem is either in
alignment or head cleaning, how would that account for the banding
appearing only at the very beginning and end of the prints, not in the
central portion of the print?