Digital BW, The Print

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From: "tomoc" <TomOC@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:56 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Clogging


> Martin-
>
> You make one point that I don't think anyone in these forums has
> articulated before, and it bears repeating.
>
> Not only do some of the clogs and problems appear out of nowhere and
> drive some more crazy than others, but LOTS of the problems that do
> come up seem to eventually disappear and life goes on...just as
> quickly and mysteriously as they come up.

Tom,

Unfortunately true and incredibly frustrating.
>
> I've never used one of the wide carriage printers like the 9000 etc,
> but I wonder if the pro shops that use them wouldn't have as many
> problems as we desktop users do except for the fact that they pro
> shops spend a lot of time and effort on continuous maintenance (which
> most desktop users ignore and take great performance of a relatively
> inexpensive printer for granted).

If the graphic arts industry is similar to others, expensive items like the
9000 are usually purchased through an equipment dealer along with a
maintenance contract. If they have a problem they just call the dealer. This
makes sense where the printer is paying for itself and keeping it running on
time is very important. I wonder if they can get support for a machine using
3rd party inks though.
>
> I think I'd better add a room to my house so I can add a few printers
> <g>.

The lack of space is actually saving me from myself!

Martin