Using the 1280/VM MIS is not practical for me. After living with it
for 11 months, having to clear nozzles every day in my dry climate at
altitude, - well it just is not a pragmatic solution.
I've been using the 2200/IP5 for over two months now. I've had just a
few instances of banding caused by nozzles going out in middle of
print. So I had to reprint a total of five or six prints TOPS. The
nozzles are almost always clear, I think I've had to run maybe four
cleaning cycles on the 2200 in 2 1/2 months as opposed to 20-40 in
same time frame on the 1280/VM (as a guess). And that's all. Truely,
this printer Works in my environment, and I have finally found a
solution that is practical. I can turn it off for a few days and I
won't have serious clogging like I certainly would with 1280/VM.
I'm starting to suspect that the head is designed differently, maybe
with fewer right angle turns, or ?
The 2200 ink carts may be more $, but in the long run cheaper (for me)
than the VM ink, as I had to waste a lot clearing nozzles and throwing
away CFS units that went belly up, chips that would get zapped, etc.
It is true that the 1280/VM inkset/Paul's workflow gives dotless
highlights and some dots are visible in the IP5 prints- but you have
to look very hard to see this. It's well worth trading this and the
high cost of IP5 for a printer that just plain physically works in a
dry high altitude environment.
Jim H.
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jo Brunenberg"
<jo.brunenberg@r...> wrote:
>
> Martin:
>
> The only advantage I see would be that if I would buy a second 2100
for B&W I would have 2 same printers with same type of cartridges.
> If one of the two breaks down I have a back-up.
> Do not know if 2100/2200 has any better technical or quality
performance compared to 1290/1280.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jo Brunenberg
>
>
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,Internet writes:
> >What advantage do you expect from the 2100/2200 compared with the
1290/1280
> >when printing quadtone/hextone?
> >Martin Glader
> >
> >> Considering to buy 1280 for Piezography BW.
> >>
> >> Or.... should I better wait untill Quadtone will be available for
Epson
> >2100/2200?
> >> Is there any development in that direction you know of?
> >>
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