Re: 1280 going berserkers

Remember if you own any Epson printer to always turn it off after using it.
Leaving the printer on is the number one source of problems for Epson
printers. The shutdown routine "parks" the head on the sponge pad. I've had
problems such as clogged nozzles -- which refuse to go away with numerous
cleaning cycles -- suddenly fix themselves by leaving the printer off for a
day or two. As a last resort try a drop of windex on the pad it can work
wonders. I've never understood why my printer can't automatically turn
itself off after say 2 hours of inactivity!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clay" <wcharmon@wt.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:54 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 Sat Apr 9 11:30:27 2005