Re: 1280 going berserkers

I ran into the same problem after upgrading the Epson print driver. Using
"best photo" gives 5760x720 versus the older driver with 2880x720. I got rid
of the banding by setting the printer to a lower resolution. Did you
recently upgrade your driver? If so, try a lower resolution and see if that
clears up the banding problem.

Best,

Scott

swphoto@verizon.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clay" <wcharmon@wt.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 6:54 AM
Subject: 1280 going berserkers

> In the last few weeks, my heretofore dependable epson 1280 is creating
> striping on my diginegs. The striping shows up as areas of uneven
> density that are more visible to the combination of platinum chemistry
> and UV light than to the naked eye. The stripes have a frequency of
> about 2-3mm, and show up in same direction that the print head travels
> (i.e. perpendicular to the direction the paper travels through the
> printer) FWIW, I am using Keith Schreiber's digineg workflow and
> pictorico film.
>
> My question is this: Has anyone experienced or heard of printers
> developing this problem as they age?
>
> My printer is now about 3 years old. And before you ask - yes, I ran
> multiple cleaning cycles - yes, I changed the ink cartridge, and yes, i
> ran the alignment utility.
>
> Chuck it? Repair it? Make negs the old fashioned way?
>
> Thoughts welcomed.
>
> Clay
>
Received on Fri Apr 8 05:06:30 2005