Digital BW, The Print

Recently I've been agitating and running my 7800 every 2 weeks when not in
use.  I agitate the carts the night before turning on the printer.  So far,
that routine has resulted in perfect nozzle checks and consistency.  The
time needed to do this is minimal.

I agree with Jimbo, in principle, but so far there do not seem to be enough
people in most areas to coordinate such an approach.  I suspect, like me,
most who use wide format printers for Eboni buy them used.  If the cost of
the printer is not a major issue, the convenience of having your own setup
may outweigh the time (and for me space) issues.

Back the the issue of potential clogging, the 9890 has switchable K inks.
 The dilute Eboni inks almost never clog.  When I was allowing my 7800 to
sit for long periods, it was always only the Eboni that had a problem.
 With the 9890, you could just leave a clear fluid in the PK position.
 Then, when you were going to leave the printer for a while, if you printed
a small black test print with glossy paper selected in the Epson driver,
that would, I think, blow the Eboni out of the nozzles.  This might avoid
the main cause of clogs.

Agitating the carts is easy.  So far, I have had no issues with the valves
leaking.  It may be that you'd want to do a power clean to clear the lines
after the printer sat for a long time.  My printer often asks me if I want
to do this after it has sat idle for a while.  (Epson inks also settle, but
most at a lower rate.)  I don't do power cleans, and the movement of the
lines and dampers seems to take care of any problems that might occur, at
least for the periods of time that I leave the printer.

Good luck with your project.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:54 AM, chen.benedict <benedictchen22@...>wrote:

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> Hello.
>
> I am really keen on getting a 9890 to do eboni prints.
>
> but am having second thought or at least moving to getting it closer to
> the end of the year.
>
> Some advice would be good.
>
> on my situation:
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> I'm in Singapore. I document my country land and people. been doing it 4
> years now. I got a job and try to make pictures as much as I can.
>
> I don't do a lot of prints only when i reach a lull stage or need to do
> review of pictures.
>
> So the 9890 would go without use for months. (I will put clear-base in
> when the machine is not in use)* would this be advisable?
>
> I would make maybe 20-30 prints 1 year. mostly 20 by 30 and a few 40 by
> 60.
>
> I want the final control of my print Eboni warmth on RR Aurora really got
> to me.
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