Hi Paul:
As you noted, those who want to use QTR are facing an upcoming problem as older Epson printers break and cannot be replaced with newer models unless the warranty is voided. Of course, judging from many comments, Epson printers apparently are engineered to break relatively soon and so one must wonder if the one year original warranty is even worth considering.
I have sitting in my cabinet an Epson 2880 and 1430-both of which have not been used in about a year. They were used with Cone inks.
The printers are obviously “small desk top” which might perfectly serve your needs.
I suspect that one or more channels might need to be cleaned. However, no charge to you except for shipping from Florida. Perhaps too costly to ship but at no charge might be worth a chance?
Elliot
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Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:29 PM
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Subject: [Digital BW] Future of black and white inkjet printing, if any?
I see there are still quite a few members listed on this old forum.
So, I have a question for the surviving B&W printers/photographers:
What desktop inkjet printer would it be best for me to buy and support for B&W printing?
Needless-to-say, I'd prefer dedicated B&W inks and QTR compatibility (with the old GUI my preference there).
My search suggests that Epson has fairly effectively wiped out our third party ink options on current Epson printers. If there is no third party ink possibility, then I would might abandon Epson. I do not want to indirectly help a company that has damaged the competitive ink market, unless there are no good alternatives. If, all things considered, an Epson printer is still the best for B&W, then so be it.
Because I do my serious fine art printing on either an old 7800 or 9800, which should last a few more years, I do not necessarily need a "fine art" quality, wide-format printer. A cheap little letter size unit would serve my non-gallery photo purposes. However, what would be important to me is to get a printer that would satisfy the needs of the most B&W photographers.
If an Epson 9 ink printer with OEM ink is the best option in a second best world, then I'll go for it. However, I want to be sure I have not overlooked more suitable options first.
Thanks and regards to the group,
Paul
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Re: [Digital BW] Future of black and white inkjet printing, if any?
2019-07-18 by Paul Roark
Hi Elliot,
That's a very kind offer. Thank you.
I think for now I'll search a bit longer for some solution that will be available to others. I'm in touch with some local third party types that have large retail markets. (I9;m also in touch with my old antitrust friends who are still doing that type of work.)
It's a shame that every few years we have to go through this type of exercise.
At one point I actually had an Epson insider tell me flat-out that keeping competitive inks out of their printers was the primary reason for the chips. Maybe the Japanese just don't really understand that we traditionally take antitrust seriously in the US, and treble damages and fines can be huge. Epson has been a good supplier over the years, but keeping the market competitive is more important than any single competitor.
Regards,
Paul
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:22 PM 'Elliot Puritz' drpuritz@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote: