Digital BW, The Print

I tend to print in spurts... can leave the printer off for 3 weeks at 
a time and then print like a madman.  Clogs are a hit or miss thing, 
but for th most part have just meant cleaning cycles.  It seems to be 
very humidity dependant.  I live in Arizona which is very dry and 
when the the airconditioner or heater are running and the house is 
super dry the heads tend to clog up a bit but no real big deal.  When 
I am running the swap cooler and humidity gets to like 50% there are 
no problems, even after sitting a few weeks.

I'd go with the 1280 myself if I was buying right now and didn't have 
a load of money that I didn't know what to do with.

The 2200 isn't *that* good with only the Epson driver.

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Allan Chen 
<kaiyen@s...> wrote:
> 
> >All,
> 
> I've been following this group for...I think over a month now, and 
have 
> been eating up digital BW information here and on the web 
voraciously for 
> longer than that.  I'm getting increasingly frustrated with my 
options for 
> printing in BW traditionally, since I have to go to the local 
college 
> darkroom (which also means I have to sign up for a class), and am 
now 
> firmly committed to getting a digital BW system after I move in 
> December.  But..I'm a bit confused now as to what to do.  These 
questions 
> are, in many ways, just more advanced versions of ones I asked when 
I first 
> joined this board.
> 
> I was re-reading the Luminous Landscape review of the 2200, and 
noticed how 
> a Piezography system was abandoned in favor of the 2200 with OEM 
inks, 
> because of the clogging problelms on the old system but also 
because the 
> quality was "that good."  Now there have been all these posts about 
> horrific clogging experiences on all printers, ranging from 1160's 
to 2200's.
> 
> Now, I can't really afford to use ImagePrint, and Septones are out, 
too 
> (not that they are nec. going to be less clog-prone, but they are a 
system 
> designed for the 2200).  So I was going to go with a 1280 with 
Ultratones 
> for BW only, and eventually upgrade to a 2200 for my color.  Is 
this now 
> unwise?
> 
> Is it possible to use the 1280, with the UT inks, on a regular but 
not 
> high-volume basis, and not have these horror-stories about 
clogging?  I was 
> figuring that I probably would only print...5 prints a week.  I 
could space 
> them out so that I printed 1 every day to day and a half, but 
that's about 
> the highest volume I can get (between finding time to take 
pictures, to 
> scanning them, to editing them and then printing, I just don't put 
out 
> enough volume).  Am I sending myself up a creek without a paddle 
here?
> 
> sigh.
> allan
> 
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