Digital BW, The Print

Hi There,
I have been using the dedicated BW 1280 for a while with the CIS UT and 
Paul's curves.
Images are great - I got no complain at all.  The only surprising thing 
which has happened
to me, or to my printer was what I explain below:
I use only Photo Black - since I coat the print I didn't want the Ebony 
which is prone to
clogging since it's interaction with the residual Epson inks on the 
waste pads etc.
After about of two (2) weeks of my printer being unplugged I tried to 
print and.... no black ink
whatsoever.  
I removed the pipe from the black ink cartridge (CIS) and blew into the 
pipe (with my mouth).
It produced about 1-1/2 inch long gelly-like plug in the pipe at the 
cartridge end.  Once I
washed it and VACUUM loaded the ink to the cartridge (the syringe sucked 
from the cartridge
a lot air and ink which I reused) almost immediately I had a perfect 
nozzle check again.
Strange thing since I haven't expect any clogging with the Photo Black 
Ink.  But probably
YOU HAVE TO PRINT A PURGE PRINT AT LEAST ONE A WEEK, even in the periods
of not printing.  
Otherwise I got no complain WHATSOEVER about Pauls curves applied to UT 
inks.
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I am  no longer waiting for any 8 color (or 64 color for that matter) 
printer which can print
both color and BW.  
Epson 1280 and UT and Paul's curves is the answer.
Here are my 2 cents.
Good luck
Jack

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Jack M Kucy
JMK Gallery (www.jmk-gallery.com)
917-991-2096     jmk@...
Member of ASMP (www.asmp.org)
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Chris Hargens wrote:

> Looking at the prices refurbished 1280s are going for, I've been
> thinking it might worth getting one as a dedicated BW printer. I'd
> like to go the UT route with the printer, but I haven't heard much
> about what kind of results people are getting with Paul's curves.
> (OTH, I've heard a lot of good things about the UT curves on the
> 1160.) Also, it seems like clogging can be a problem with the 1280
> and the UT inkset. Any advice or suggestions on which way to go would
> be appreciated. My other choice would be to get a 2200 and switch
> between color and the UT set (filling my own carts).
>
> Chris Hargens
>
>