Digital BW, The Print

Suggestion: if by "on its last legs" you mean it "clogs,"  you might
want to revert exclusively to Epson's OEM pigments. UT7 may be causing
those "last legs." 

By evaluating a few papers and selecting an appropriate QTR curve you
should be able to produce blacks equal to UT7, and with greater Dmax,
using the OEM pigments. 

Having made the comparison in various lights, I find that true for
HPR, several Moabs (Colorado Fibre Satine's my favorite, along with
the sadly-discontinued, ultracold Kayenta), and Costco/Kirkland. I use
curves without any Yellow, mostly Cyan and the Blacks, which
neutralizes Epson's "red" Black and eliminates the bronze that comes
from Yellow. 

If "last legs" means mechanical failure, that's another question. I
think top-loading with heavy gsm paper wears these machines very quickly.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Kealey"
<pjkealey@...> wrote:
>
> I currently have an Epson 2200 that is on it's last legs. I do
> primarily black and white using IJC/OPM, and QTR loaded with either
> Epson UC or MIS UT7inks. Currently IJC doesn't support the Epson 3800
> but QTR does.What I would be interested in is what printer to replace
> the 2200?
> I am not adverse to giving either the Epson 3800,R2400, or something
> else a try. The only reason for considering the 3800 is the occasional
> time I would like to print a larger size. I also realize the problems
> ongoing with obtaining empty carts because of the recent litigation by
> epson, which creates another issues. Thanks, any suggestions will be
> welcomed. 
> Patrick
>