Digital BW, The Print

I can totally empathize with Jim on this issue. Can you imagine I own
three 1160s and two 740s, those that are known for clogging problems.
MIS stopped supporting the 740s due to their marginal ability to pump
pigment inks.

I still have them and they are still running great with MIS Ultratone
inks. But there is always that fear that one of these days I will have
to spend hours or even days fighting clogs that make you want to
declare war against all things inkjet.

I have developed quite a skill in maintaining these printers and able
to remove a head and put it back in under 1 minute, still I hate the
fact that every time I need to make a print I have to go through the
ritual of printing a nozzle check pattern, a purge pattern, then
another nozzle check, just to make sure I don't start to get banding
in the middle of a large print.

I happen to have one of a newer printers, the C80, which is infinitely
more reliable than my older ones, so I believe the newer 
printers such as the 2200 should give less trouble than the 1280.

So Jim I wonder if you should go for the 2200 even if you use the BO
workflow. I'd love to get a 2200 to replace my 1160s once they stop
printing. But getting a 2200 just to use the black ink might be too
much of an overkill.

I hope to hear good news from you that all the nozzles are restored -
with pigment inks - and you don't have to get a new printer.

--nick

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jim0266"
<jim0266@y...> wrote:
> 
> I purchased my 1280 almost exactly a year ago as a refurb from 
> Epson. The first one had to be sent back because the case was 
> cracked. This was my first foray into DT printing so it was all new 
> to me. I was a virgin to the world of clogs, sponges, foam and 
> cleaning cycles. ...