Digital BW, The Print

Stan,

Does the 3000 band with Epson inks in it?

How are you feeding the paper into the machine?  (I use the front tray with
EAM with good results.)

Be sure you're at 1440 and Error Diffusion driver settings.

The Epson tech people apparently have alignment software that can do things
we can't do.  I assume that the repair person was an authorized Epson repair
person.

I'm no expert in 3000's, but my sad conclusion from the old Piezo list was
that there are "bad" apples that will not print well no matter what is done.

Paul
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Shire,Stanley [mailto:sshire@...]
  Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:12 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] 3000 head transplant


  Agreed. I've checked alignment (with a 15x loupe); nozzle checks are
  perfect. Is this possibly a paper advance issue? I'm just looking for
  anything to tell the repair guys that might point them in the right
  direction. Of course, their first comment (when I took the 3000 in) was
  "Well, these aren't OEM inkls."  I've heard that before.

  Stan Shire
  Associate Professor/Department Chair
  Photographic Imaging
  Community College of Philadelphia
  Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.

  215 751-8320
  sshire@...
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...]
  Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:48 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] 3000 head transplant

  Stan,

  I'd be a very dissatisfied customer until the 3000 could print visually
  smooth prints -- no visible artifacts (without a loupe) with quads & the
  Epson driver.  I, luckily, have no experience (yet) with the realities
  of
  getting Epson repair people to get a mal-functioning 3000 back to that
  standard, but I'd be inclined to take the machine back and tell them to
  get
  it right.

  Paul
  ________________________________
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Shire,Stanley [mailto:sshire@...]
    Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:11 AM
    To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [Digital BW] 3000 head transplant


    My 3000 returned from the shop with new heads (they put in three new
    color heads and 2 black before they were happy).
    I guess happy is a relative term. Still getting the "corduroy" look.
    i.e. alternating light density bands (+- 1/8") with correct density
    bands.
    VM inks, Paul's workflow, PS7, Win 2K, Epson HWM. Any ideas as the
    service dept (and I'm not through with them yet, even though they
  think
    they have done all they can do)
    Any help greatly appreciated.
    Also getting my 2200 and IP5 this week. More on that later.

    Stan Shire
    Associate Professor/Department Chair
    Photographic Imaging
    Community College of Philadelphia
    Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.

    215 751-8320
    sshire@...



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