RE: 1270 with CFS banding

["Cathy Brown" <catbrown@prodigy.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I don't know if it is the CFS, Alan. I'm having the same problem on a 1270
running OEM carts.

I haven't yet tried cleaning the bottom of the heads. That's the next step.

But, like you, nozzle checks are fine and alignment doesn't help. I get
vertical banding at portrait orientation and horizontal banding at
landscape.

Cathy
http://www.catbrownphoto.com

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From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
[mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Alan Womack
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:20 PM
To: Majordomo leben.com
Subject: 1270 with CFS banding


I'm having an issue with banding on my 1270 with CFS and MIS lightfast inks.
I can see it especially in skin tones, faint horizontal bands alternating
between lighter and darker.  You have to be within 8" or so to see them.  My
nozzle checks look perfect, no smudges, or smears, or rough edges on photo
paper.

I always print with highspeed off and 1440 mode.

I've done alignments, but they come up to 8,8,8 by the second try and this
makes no difference.  I've cleaned the bottom of the heads, occassionally a
head cleaning helps, but within a print or two the problem is back.

At the moment I'm wondering if tension from the CFS tubes is causing the
head to tweak a small fraction?


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