Digital BW, The Print

Hi John.
The 3000 is exactly what I did and I don't in the least regret it.
It's a fine machine despite being nearly as long in the tooth as I am.
I thought, because of talk, that it wasn't up to par quality wise due
to larger dots but I found it not to be a problem for larger prints.
Particularly so with Quad printing but even with color pigs where I
expected it to be a dog. I think it fine for 11x14 and up going on the
wall.

You will find it is great for experimenting with mixes because you can
very easily empty/flush/fill cartridges for it and Mis has new
inexpensive emptys available as well as cheap dye carts you can also
flush and use. 

Mine has never clogged, period, which I certainly can't say about my
1200s. That said, you need to pay some attention to what you are going
to be mixing in the machine and cartridges.ie: NEVER mix UTs, UCs, any
Eboni or like later inks with any residues of inks with ANY dye content.

I haven't tried forcing 300gm heavy papers through it but have no
problems with the 200-240 range. There are others who found ways to do
so and some who never could get 300 to work no matter what they did.

In my estimation it is a good way to go for what you want to do. Also
a bonus of larger print capability--and--in the $300 or so range as
opposed to $2000 or so w/inks etc for an EP4000.

Hope this is helpfull.
Duane

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mojojones2001"
<mojojones@c...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> This is my first post to this group. (I've got a lot of questions but
> I'll try to start off slow!)  
> 
> I've been printing for several years with a couple Epson 1200's; one
> set up with Generations Archival color inks and one set up with
> PiezoTone with generally good results.  However I'm looking to branch
> out and do some experimenting with other inks, workflows, custom
> mixing, etc.  After looking at some of the option's it seems that
> there aren't as many options for the 1200's as other printers so I'm
> looking for another way to go.  I looked at maybe going with a 1280 or
> 2200 (though it seems a waste to use a 2200 for messing around).  Then
> I saw that 3000's were going fairly cheap on ebay.  There seems to be
> considerable workflow/RIP support for them and they have individual
> carts for switching inks, but they are quite long in the tooth at this
> point.  I remember that some time back there was a lot of talk about
> poor paper handling and clogging so I was wonder what you all thought
> about them now and recommendations on whether it would be worth the
> setup in light of more modern printers.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> John