Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Antonis Ricos"
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
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> 
> One thing that is still a question: is there something in the new
Epsons 
> (22/76/9600) that deals better with these inks? If so, making a
clone of the 
> UCs and loading them on several-generations-old desktops may not be a 
> good idea.
> 
> Antonis
> 


I should follow these threads more closely, as jumping back from
2200/UC/IP5 to a real quad setup is desirable and I have a spare 1280
at the moment. But it sounds like some folks are having problems, but
not all? Do I have that right?

I can give you the one bit of info from my studio, actually, I'm
repeating myself again: My 1280 with Epson OEM DYE ink carts if I let
it sit for more than 4 days or so is more than 50-50 likely to give a
bad nozzle check which will then need at minimum two
cleanings-sometimes an overnight rest.

OTOH, I've only done about five or six cleaning cycles tops on my
2200/UC Epson inks in 4 1/2 MONTHS. It is so incredible that I don't
see anyway to explain it but to judge that the head (or parking pad??)
is designed differently.

Of course most of you know I am in an arid condition at altitude. As
April progresses the humidity starts to rise here, and clogging
diminishes somewhat I have observed.

I'm not trying to push my workflow on anyone, there's just so much
difference in maintainance issues that it's very glaring. As I said I
would like to jump back to quads, but with my environment where dye
inks clog a 1280 regularly...I have to be careful.
Jim H.