Digital BW, The Print

I'm assuming that the 1500 you refer to is actually the same as the 1430, and if so then I perhaps chose the wrong word in saying that the 1430 doesn't "print" as well as the 1400.  To be more precise, the 1430 doesn't "function" as well as the 1400 -- I have a major problem with micro-banding with the 1430, which I don't have with the 1400