Digital BW, The Print

a simple search for "clog from hell" should turn up many many users 
that have had problems.  Talk to Bob at MIS and he'll tell you 
straight up that you should *expect* more problems from the pigmented 
inksets that he sells than from dye based systems... why would he lie 
about it?  I used an 1160 w/CIS for 3 years and never complained 
about my clogs since I was able to deal with them and was happy with 
the prints, but I am also happy with the HP 7660 and have so far not 
had a single problem which is worth all the extra money it costs to 
run.

Also, I recently brought some 8x12 prints from the 7660 to my gallery 
and the first response was "glad you've gone back to 'real' 
photography," the prints are *that* good.  Granted, for many images I 
prefer a warm tone matte print... but that's what the Epson is for.

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andre" 
<am1000@v...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hahn" 
> <markhahn2000@y...> wrote:
> > The Epson will be much more trouble than the HP.  In fact, if you 
> are 
> > not using the Epson every day you will have trouble... 
> 
> This is simply untrue. I have an almost four year old printer, 
(Epson 
> 1160) used three different carbon pigment inksets and a CIS, been 
at 
> times weeks without using the printer. I usually use it about one 
or 
> two days a week, sometimes not. This printer is dependable, fast 
and 
> makes great prints.
> 
> If you feel you need to print to maintain your printer, just press 
> paper feed button while turning the printer on, release and the 
> printer will print a nozzle cleck. Simple. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Andre