Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:

Hi Paul,

> My refurbished 1800 was clogged when it came from Epson.  MIS
cleaning carts
> installed for a week cleaned it out and I've had perfect nozzles
ever since.
> When I had to re-fill the Eboni carts for the first time last week,
it took
> one cleaning cycle to get back to perfect.

I'm very close to purchasing an R1800 to use with your 3-MK Eboni
approach. I have my eye on a refurb purchased direct from Epson.

Here are a few last i-dotting, t-crossing questions, if I may:

(1) How come you didn't resolve the clogged-on-delivery issue by
exchanging the printer for another refurb? Would you have incurred the
return shipping cost?

(2) Can you give more specifics on what you did in the 1-week period
with the cleaning carts to clear the clog? Run the printer every day?

(3) Re: smoothness, is the output comparable to C86-EZ output on matte
paper (which seems very smooth to my eye and is my only point of
reference right now)? I've seen your dot output scans for the 50%
squares in your PDF document, but it's hard to infer how that
translates into midtone appearance in an actual print. Seems like the
C86 output might appear a tiny bit smoother, with more paper
filtering, versus 3-MK output being crisper, more vibrant, and
slightly less smooth? I realize I'm making a bit of an interpretation
just by looking at a high-res scan of dots. :-)

Thanks,
Mitch