Digital BW, The Print

I also print with an HP pigment based printer (Z3100) and wholeheartedly agree with you.  However, I also use an Epson R1800 and don't have the nozzle clogging problems that you described.  My thinking is that the 1290 is such old technology by today's standards that it just can't measure up in many ways.  The paper handling issue is clearly a relic of the fact that the older Epson printers were designed to handle much thinner, more flexible papers.  Also, these printers were designed for dye based inks and you are in essence "re-purposing " them when you use the Piezography inks in them.  So yes, your findings are in no way surprising.



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