Re: 1280 going berserkers

Hi,
I would have thought that a worn head would make a gradual appearance as
the wear takes place not appear suddenly as a regular 3mm spaced
gap. I'm not familiar with the workflow you are using so I don't know if
you are using all six inks or not but if you have changed cartridges
recently
could it be a lack of density in a particular ink which is not apparent
to the eye when cleaning but less opaque to UV in a neg.. If not this
then a service would
probably be a better bet than a new printer. You get new inkpads and
pro. alignment etc...for less money

Regards
David H
Clay wrote:

> 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
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