Digital BW, The Print

It seems I'm always chasing Jerry around on the internet undoing the
damage he does to the 3000's good name. I like to promote this
printer, but only for traditional quad work and only within it's
limitations. A lot has been learned about what can and can't be done
with it since Jerry's short experience with it years ago.
I have two, both work fine. Steve Meyers has one that works fine. It
seems others come out of the woodwork when asked that are happy with
theirs as well. Use a traditional quad ink set, a good partitioning
workflow like the Piezo driver or the upcoming Cone profiles or
special RGB curves you may be able to find somewhere on this list. For
some reason IJC has chosen not to support the all time classic Epson
for quad printing, and the one that will do 16x20's at a reasonable
cost. Go figure.
A variable tone set will work to, but will be more dotty. I haven't
seen the results myself but it's a simple technical conclusion. I
don't know how noticeable the difference is, might be fine.
Stick with papers under 250gsm. Always double check alignment and
nozzles. One acquaintance never got his to work, I'm not sure of the
details.
You'd be better off asking on the Piezo list, more users there I think.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "B. Alex Pettit
Jr." <a_pettit_jr@y...> wrote:
> I am totally befuddled as to whether this printer is a good
> 'investment' or not: I have read numerous posts that GoodOnes are
> great performers and reliable, but that the BadOnes have miserable
> print banding and all attempts at repair will not heal their
> ailments..... ???
> 
> Whats the story ?? 
>  
> (I have an excellent 2000P that works quite well for 8x10 and 12x16
> prints, I would be using the 3000 only for 16x20 format)
> 
> Anyone have a GoodOne for sale ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> Orlando FL