Digital BW, The Print

Hi Greg,

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" 
<dfaprinting@...> wrote:

> OK, here we go. Many people are going to consider this as off topic,
> but tough, deal with it.

Perhaps others, but I really appreciate your feedback. Extremely 
useful!

> Things to look for:
> 
> If the heads have been used hard, and run dry, a nozzel check may be
> fine. But when you get to printing the individual nozzel piezo can
> heat and loose its function. So you really need to run a print to 
find
> out if nozzels drop out in the print. This is more common when you
> start running it with a RIP that can drive the heads at their real 
100%.
>
> Another thing that can cause the nozzels to drop out in the print 
is a
> clogger damper or restricted ink tube. The plastic tubes get crushed
> where they attach to the dampers, and over time the hole gets 
smaller
> and smaller until you get flow problems.
[...]
> At this point in the life cycle of a 9000/9500 you should really 
just
> go in with the thought that you will need to replace heads, dampers,
> ink lines, capping station, wiper and ink waste pads. I haven't 
priced
> these parts lately so I'm not sure of the price. Many of these parts
> are used in Mutoh and Mimaki printers, so they should remain 
available
> for a while. If you get lucky and all these parts last you a good 
long
> time, then you got a bargin. Better to go in expecting the worst 
than
> expecting the best and have to shell out a bunch more money to get 
it
> working.

Thanks, these are very good expert insights...
 
> Note also that the 9500 does not have a firewire card available, and
> no USB connection. So you will need to deal with an old operating
> system that has support for a parallel port (maybe win2000) or get a
> USB-par adapter.
[...]
> Also you really should build a separate computer to run this 
printer.
> It is very slow in the modes that you will want to use (multipass,
> highest resolution), so you don't want to tie up your main computer
> while this thing spits out a big print.

This is not a problem. I'm already running an old PC as print server.


Thanks again!

Joost

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