QTR-Quadtone RIP

I've got a curious issue that maybe you folks can help me with.
 
I'm using a CIS I bought from Joe on an Epson 1400.  I've been working through a number of issues and have them all solved except for one:  I get some type of banding the first 1/2 inch of the print.  It's odd because it goes away after the first half of an inch and then starts all over again for the next print.  If it was continuous it would almost make more sense to me but every print has the first half inch of banding.  The banding looks to me as no ink vs. the wrong ink.
 
Also, I have cycled through nozzel checks, head cleanings and print head alignments before each print, after each print all to no avail.
 
Anybody have any experience with this?  I'm lost and don't know where to go next.

Mark Sloane 
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