Digital BW, The Print

Bob,

I forgot to mention that I developed some Epson 1280 driver settings with the UT-R2 inks that I'll be happy to share with you if you end up going this route.

Mike Brubaker



--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Bob Marsolais <bob@...> wrote:

> From: Bob Marsolais <bob@...>
> Subject: [Digital BW] R1800/R1900(?) vs 1280, Clogging and Banding
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 12:19 AM
> While experimenting with various mixtures for a new UT-R18,
> I've had
> my 1280 (which I wrote off due to a clogged head) sitting
> with
> cleaning carts installed.  I've run a couple of pages
> of purge
> patterns every night for about two weeks and the heads are
> now
> unclogged and giving a perfect nozzle test pattern again. 
> It's made
> me think back as to which printer required less
> maintenance: the 1800
> or 1280 with pigment inks.  My memory says there was not
> much
> difference maintenance-wise, and the 1280 did a real nice
> job with
> it's 3.5(?) picoliter drops.  It a whole lot slower
> than the 1800, but
> it has a paper thickness adjustment which the 1800 does
> not.
> 
> I'm assuming the 1280 would require LK inks for smooth
> midtones
> because of the dot size, and, if I remember, Eboni diluted
> tends to go
> rather warm.  Is this correct?  If so, then the 1280 would
> use a wide
> format ink set as compared to a 1.5 picoliter inkset.
> 
> Am I crazy to consider using the 1280 as my B&W printer
> and leaving
> the 1800 for color?  You have my permission to say so it I
> am!
> 
> Bob