Digital BW, The Print

Executive Summary : Wow !

I finally received this used Epson 3000
from a long truck journey from one end of the USA
to the other... Utah to Florida.

When I did a first nozzle check, all looked fine,
and the head alignment required no change.

Using the installed Cone Piezo inks and Driver,
the 8x10 prints on EAM, Epson Prem Luster, and
a few others looked quite similar to that obtained
with a Quad MIS set on my E2000P : very small banding,
but quite worthy of display. I was pleased at the
performance of an 'old technology' printer with 
fat 12 uL dots.

Last night, I moved the paper guide margins to the extreme,
loaded in a 17x22 sheet of Somerset Velvet, and started the 
process. One hour, 15 minutes a print was created -
but What a print: it is absolutely Flawless. Even when
using a loupe, there is no banding at all. And of course,
the Cone drivers do an outstanding job of making the dots
invisible also.

I am truly amazed. I don't know if this is just a lucky
print or what, but I can surely say that when an Epson 3000
works, it works very, very well. 

I will print as much as I can with what is remaining of these 
Cone Piezo inks to establish a basis of comparison for when 
I swap to the MIS/MS set.

Happy new wide format owner,
Alex
Orlando Florida