Digital BW, The Print

I'm one of those who have had clog problems with my 1160.
I got tired of screwing around with clogs, transfer curves, and
seemingly endless iterations of test prints and have pretty much
given up BW (sadly). I'm intrigued by the HP7660 to dedicate
to BW.

Mark,
Can you say more on the 'extra money it costs to run' (Re; the 7660)?

Thanks,
JimD

At 09:15 PM 4/13/2004, Mark Hahn wrote:
>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
>
>
>
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