Digital BW, The Print

john dean wrote:

>Ernst, what inkset are you using in your 10K and have you had problems with 
>leaking carts, etc? Is a firm ware up grade essential with or without a rip? AND 
>finally  have you experienced cloggs or poor inkloads that would contribute to poor 
>output? In otherwords to you have to fight to keep this machine going? I need real 
>world experience. I wish they had never put those chips in there.
>  
>
John,

One day you have to bite the bullet...........

As troublefree as your Epson Archival inks are in the 10000 isn't what 
you will get. But that set is under pigmented so lacks gamut and density 
compared to UC and the MIS 7600 inks that I use. There's also less 
metamerism with the MIS 7600 inks that I use when compared to the 
Archival set that was in this printer.

No firmware upgrade, the same Epson carts that had the Archival ink in 
them. You must have plenty of them and I could use another set or two ?? 
There's a RIP here but it is hardly used, good density and much gamut 
with the Epson driver and a custom profile. I actually have to throttle 
down the saturation in the profile to match some 2200 output I get as 
proofs.

In 9600's the MIS 7600 shows the same problems that the UC shows when 
the printer is used regularly. Heads have to be cleaned and dampers must 
be cleaned. It is the price of higher pigmented inksets and fiber 
loosing papers. This is based on the experience of a friend's two 9600 
with MIS 7600 compared to one 9600 UC of his next door neighbour and 
another one a city further away. They all have problems from time to 
time and they get worse without regular maintenance.

Next time I skip your messages on the subject again :-)

Ernst