Digital BW, The Print

-Hi K5cad-
I think you should forget about the 1160-in ink jet printer years 
it's actually older than you! If you are willing to have it fixed at 
any cost you can just pretend that it costs as much to fix as a new 
2400 and buy the 2400 instead. Printing hi quality couldn't be 
easier than on the 2400 ( once you get past the photoshop learning 
curve that is)

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "k5cad" 
<k5cad@...> wrote:
>
> Hello from a Nooby(more or less). Five years ago I retired, closed 
my
> wet lab and started  printing black only with an Epson 1160. A year
> later when an illness and two household moves doused that passion 
the
> 1160 was a lightly used printer that was put in a box  without
> flushing or cleaning it in any way. It has been there for over two 
years.
> 
> Is there any hope for it?  Will Epson refurb it even at any price? 
Is
> there a clean printer head in a repair shop drawer someplace that
> would bring it back to life? I have been watching eBay for a while 
now
> hoping to see one of those "new in the box " listings where someone
> died after it was ordered,. Can I recapture that golden time in my
> life or just give up. Even after reading everything I can find by 
Paul
> Roark and Clayton Jones, I can't figure out how to get back on the
> merry-go-round. 
> 
> This Rip van Winkle is rapidly approaching 80 years old with 3 
great
> grand kids to shoot and 100s of  real Tri-X  negatives - some 
medium
> format and many 4x5 landscapes to scan and print. I'm Ok with the
> scanner. I have no need to print glossy or color, only matte paper 
13
> inches wide. I don't have time for a steep learning curve.
> 
> I will listen to every idea presented.
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Steele in Texas
>