Digital BW, The Print

Nicholas, 

I always thought there should be more adoptions taking place.  So I am interested.  I have the papers you want and a few more you have not mentioned.  And I have a CIS waiting for installation.

Email me asap at steadmanuhlich@... and we can discuss details offline.  

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nicholas Hartmann 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:10 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 1160 for adoption


  Gentlemen -

  When I first started investigating this whole digital-printing procedure, I
  soon became persuaded that the Epson 1160 printer was the one to have. It
  proved difficult to find one, so I ended up reserving a couple of them, one
  refurbished (through RefurbDepot) and the other new (from an outfit that
  had bought up a bunch of them). The two of them became available on the
  same day, and I ended up buying both.

  The new one is working fine, happily generating nice prints using only the
  black cartridge (despite assurances from some list members that this is
  impossible). No banding, no nozzle clogging, no paper feed problems, no
  nothin' (knock on wood).

  The other one, however, is the one I unpacked first, and used right at the
  beginning to try out the Piezo BW software and inks. This may be
  coincidence, but: from the moment I replaced the OEM Epson inks, following
  a perfect nozzle check, with the Piezo inks, I could never get the nozzles
  completely clear. I soon gave up on Piezo (at least with their inks) for
  other reasons, but the printer had started behaving oddly in other ways as
  well. Right now, whenever I switch it on it it blinks its lights to tell me
  there's either a paper feed problem or an improperly removed tape on one of
  the cartridges. Since I can't get the cartridges to move to the left so I
  can check them, I can do nothing about the latter. I have tried the
  full-reset procedure from the MIS web site (several times), but nothing
  works. There is no paper anywhere near the thing.

  I do not really need this second printer: if my functioning 1160 goes bad I
  will either get Epson to fix it or replace it with whatever the latest
  model is. I have not yet sent in the warranty card for the sick one. I
  don't have the patience to disassemble it to get the cartridges out, nor
  the time to argue with Epson; besides, if I returned it in its present
  condition it would contain the Piezo cartridges and poof! goes any
  warranty. So:

  Does anybody want this unit in its present condition? What I'm asking in
  return is not even money but paper samples: there are certain papers that
  look interesting but that I haven't tested yet; some are not available in
  printable size, others are not included in sample packs, etc. What I need
  are:

        Epson Archival Matte
        Crane Museo
        Hahnemuehle Structure 150
        Hahnemuehle Schoellershammer Velvet 225, and
        Hahnemuehle Photo Rag.

  A couple of 8.5x11" sheets of each would be just right. Any takers? UPS
  shipping included, along with a bunch of paper samples that I know I
  _don't_ want to use.

  If nobody wants it, any ideas for at least getting the cartridges over to
  where I can change them would be appreciated.

  Thanks,

  -- Nick

  NICHOLAS HARTMANN                                +1 (414) 271-4890
  611 N. Broadway, Suite 509                  fax: +1 (414) 271-4892
  Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA                       polyglot@...

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