Digital BW, The Print

Keith is right - not a good idea!! Buy a 3880 instead but do run weekly nozzle checks
 

    On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 2:26 PM, "rdeloe1@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m> wrote:
 

     I’m looking for some advice from people who have experiencewith the Epson 7600 or 9600. I have an opportunity to buy an Epson 7600 (Ultrachromeversion) with stand. It’s described as being in good working order. Obviously I won’ttouch it unless I see it printing a clean nozzle check right in front of me, and if the status report isgood. For purposes of this post, let’s assume everything checks out fine andthe cost is low. The printer would have to live in my basement. It’s a drybasement, and humidity is not a problem in my house. This is probably notideal, but there’s no other place to keep the thing.  I’d load the printer up with Eboni in Paul Roark’s “VariableTone” formulation. It would only print on matte paper with this ink. I realizethat this will require cleaning and flushing the Ultrachrome inks it’scurrently using.It would never go back to color.
 Here’s the thing: I’d rarely print 24” wide. Frankly, itwould make a lot more sense to get a 3880. However, I’m thinking that a 7600could work on the assumption that I’d print larger than 17” sometimes (OK,rarely), and that I’d print between 13” wide and 17” wide more often (but stillnot a lot). For printing less than 13” wide my Artisan 1430 is performing verywell. The only way this would make the slightest bit of sense isif the printer could go without printing for long stretches. For purposes ofthis post, let’s assume it makes one print a month – and sometimes lessfrequently. The day before I plan to use it, I’d agitate the carts to deal withsedimentation in the carts. In between prints, if I remember, I could turn iton once a week and run a nozzle check (but let’s assume that doesn’t alwayshappen). And finally, I’ve already found lots of good repair tips andsites, and I’m reasonably handy. So basic maintenance and repairs are do-able.  OK, with all those caveats… what do you think? Can this workfor me? Keith Cooper has a great web page dedicated to answering this question(and that page says No way man, not a good idea!) However, I live in hope that maybeit could work anyway…   Rob