I had this misting with my 1200 and generations beta black. Epson said the printhead was shot, and to get it replaced. Don't know if that's true, but I have a nice 1200 for saled that mists. Have only seen the problem once. Jerry Cathy Brown wrote: > On some 1270/ 1280/ 2000p printers with CPiezo ink a "misting" effect occurs > with the cyan and/ or magenta ink. This is evidenced by a spray of the > offending color appearing just beyond and on one side of the image and for > some, banding. > > After testing, the NoMoreCarts folks determined that the problem does not > reside in the CIS, but rather is related to how the ink is reacting in the > printhead itself. Apparently the Epson cyan and magenta heads have different > voltages ... which is the point where I get lost ... . > > The estimate now is that this is happening on about 20% of printers using > this setup, but who knows? > > Anyway, for the record, I am using a 1280/NoMoreCarts CIS/CPiezo combo and > its been trouble-free. > > Cathy > http://www.catbrownphoto.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com > [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of mrkeene@home.com > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:41 PM > To: epson-inkjet@leben.com > Subject: Re: Update -- Cone's inks and CIS for 1270/80/2000 Not Ready > Yet > > Bill, > > Did they say why? > > Mark K. > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:13:19 -0400, you wrote: > > > > >I spoke with a tech at Cone, today, who had called me to let me know they > >cannot yet ship the nomorecarts/piezo color inks combo I have ordered. > >They have pulled the offering for the moment while they do more > >development. Guess I'll wait. Thot your inquiring minds would like to > >know. > >Bill > > > >- > >Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > >subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. > > - > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. > > - > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.