Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Dick,
> 
> > 
> > ... decided to convert my venerable 2000P to B/W with the MIS UT
FS ink.
> 
> > but a nozzle check
> > showed everything clogged in both carts. Ran 7 or 8 cleaning
cycles
> > with no improvement. ...
> > 
> I did not have that experience with the 2000P that was loaned to me.
 It was
> really a nice printer.  I used mostly pre-loaded UT-FS carts from
MIS.  They
> were the old style carts.  Are what you're receiving the old ones or
the new
> spongeless carts?
> 

They are spongeless; my poor old 2000P had only had "genuine Epson"
sponge types, so I guess it just rebelled.

> 
> Overall, I thought the 2000P made an excellent matte paper printer
with
> UT-FS.  I don't know how old or used the one I tried was.  If a
2000P has
> high mileage on it, the MIS inks might have trouble.

Mine is about 3 years old, medium use I would say, but never a
sustained clogging problem.
  
> 
> I'm trying a cleaning solution on a high mileage 7600 before I
resort to
> changing the dampers.  

Will be interested in your experiment's result. Thanks for the
response.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com

Dick