Digital BW, The Print

Tyler wrote
> I'd take Bob O's advise seriously, I think he's been putting both of his
through heavier use than mine

No way.  ;-))

>and seems to have
> had more trouble. Sorry Bob, I didn't know you had clog problems.
> I'd buy a refurb with a warranty. The first thing you should do is get the
thickest 17x22 Epson paper there is and print a
> large box, say 16x20, on it with the Epson inks, through the back. If it
is not square, or is not the correct dimensions (a little
> short, or long), imediately send it back or in for warranty. Don't accept
whacky nozzle patterns or alignment problems, just
> keep bugging them until it's right with the OEM ink. Epson is very good,
and fast, about 3000 repairs.
> Once that part is ok most of the problems are behind you, except for the
thickest of papers.

Agreed. And no matter the problems with the 3000- - its still a horse. And
for the price nothing better.

>It will pass very thick paper, but
> can't control the advance acurately. So you'll get incorrect dimensions
and banding. How thick varies, I can use papers up
> to around 250gsm ok, Steve has actually had luck with 310gsm paper, and I
think Bob told me he couldn't even get Wells
> River 190gsm through without a problem. I used to get Concorde Rag?gsm
through the front, the others have to go through
> the back but it makes no performance difference as far as I can tell
despite the additional roller contact.
> Pizza wheels are an individual thing, they help my paper stay square, but
for others leave marks on some papers. The new
> Piezo driver does solve banding if the printer needs it, but is very slow.

On my 3000 Wells River will not feed in a straight path.
Somerset Enhanced will.
Somerset will.
Schollershammer will.

250 gsm?
Forget it. There were many threads in the Piezo list about
feeding methods and problems. Weak Springs. Uneven springs.
Platen differential spacing. Paper dust accumulation.
Printer thickness settings. Etc

Many of the repair depots have no clue about this stuff.
"Replace the heads, yeah, we can do that"  ;-))

Thanks
Bob Obenland