Digital BW, The Print

hello,

i am printing on the epson 1280 using MIS UT2 inks on  photo rag ( 188 gsm) and the 
quadtone rip. (2.3)/  i have been having a problem with thin lines extending beyond the 
print--as if there was fringing along the side of the image. my nozzels are clean. i set the 
paper to thickest paper.  
any suggestions or help would be very much appreciated.

thank you !

lea

Hello Lea,

Unfortunately I have no good news-that problem is caused by the head 
controler board or the head itself going bad, and the repair bill is 
too high to make sense considering you can still get factory 
refurbished 1280s for what it costs to have them repaired plus 
shipping-sorry. If you print primarily in one tone you could 
relocate the relevant ink shades and eliminate the positions that 
are not being controled properly. That might give you some aditional 
mileage while you decide what to replace it with.

Steve Karafyllakis

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "emandle123" 
<s.e.mandle@g...> wrote:
>
> hello,
> 
> i am printing on the epson 1280 using MIS UT2 inks on  photo rag ( 
188 gsm) and the 
> quadtone rip. (2.3)/  i have been having a problem with thin lines 
extending beyond the 
> print--as if there was fringing along the side of the image. my 
nozzels are clean. i set the 

> paper to thickest paper.  
> any suggestions or help would be very much appreciated.
> 
> thank you !
> 
> lea
>

Lea, I can confirm Steve's diagnosis and conclusion. It happened to
one of my 1280's. However mine was within the one year warranty
period. It was like pulling teeth to get Epson to warranty replace it,
but they did. 

And, if Epson customer service asks if you are using genuine Epson
ink, there is only one answer acceptable to them. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
Karafyllakis" <stevekphoto@b...> wrote:

>
> Hello Lea,
> 
> Unfortunately I have no good news-that problem is caused by the head 
> controler board or the head itself going bad, and the repair bill is 
> too high to make sense considering you can still get factory 
> refurbished 1280s for what it costs to have them repaired plus 
> shipping-sorry. If you print primarily in one tone you could 
> relocate the relevant ink shades and eliminate the positions that 
> are not being controled properly. That might give you some aditional 
> mileage while you decide what to replace it with.
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis
> 
>  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "emandle123" 
> <s.e.mandle@g...> wrote:
> >
> > hello,
> > 
> > i am printing on the epson 1280 using MIS UT2 inks on  photo rag ( 
> 188 gsm) and the 
> > quadtone rip. (2.3)/  i have been having a problem with thin lines 
> extending beyond the 
> > print--as if there was fringing along the side of the image. my 
> nozzels are clean. i set the 
> > paper to thickest paper.  
> > any suggestions or help would be very much appreciated.
> > 
> > thank you !
> > 
> > lea
> >
>