Digital BW, The Print

Alex, just curious, was the paper you used here the Somerset Velvet 
coated, or was it the uncoated? Best, Mark R.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "B. Alex Pettit 
Jr." <a_pettit_jr@y...> wrote:
> 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