Digital BW, The Print

I have a 3000, and I wouldn't recommend it for color work. The dot size is
just too large to really look photographic compared to the more up-to-date
printers. Even non technical people will notice it. For BW quadtone work,
it's fantastic, but can be finniky. They often don't work well with heavier
papers. I've only been able to really get good results with the PhotoRag
188. The thicker paper exhibits too much banding and with big prints tends
to pull off to one side while printing. I also find the Piezo driver makes
smoother prints with less banding than other methods I've tried, but this is
probably a subject of great debate around here.

Also, using it for color and BW isn't a very practical solution, as it takes
an ink flush to change systems, which can get time consuming and very
expensive. If you need one printer for BW and color you might want to look
into the 2200, but I'm not much of an expert on that.

-Steve

On 5/2/03 9:25 PM, "dreamingstarseed" <dreamingstarseed@...>
wrote:

> I'll try to be as concise as possible, and I appreciate any help I
> can get. I am considering purchasing the Epson 3000. I don't have
> the money at the moment to buy a larger printer, and the 3000 will
> allow me to print up to 16 x 20.