Digital BW, The Print

> I am totally befuddled as to whether this printer is a good
> 'investment' or not: I have read numerous posts that GoodOnes are
> great performers and reliable, but that the BadOnes have miserable
> print banding and all attempts at repair will not heal their
> ailments..... ???
> 
> Whats the story ?? 
>  
> (I have an excellent 2000P that works quite well for 8x10 and 12x16
> prints, I would be using the 3000 only for 16x20 format)
> 
> Anyone have a GoodOne for sale ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> Orlando FL

> It seems I'm always chasing Jerry around on the internet undoing the
> damage he does to the 3000's good name. I like to promote this
> printer, but only for traditional quad work and only within it's
> limitations. A lot has been learned about what can and can't be done
> with it since Jerry's short experience with it years ago.
> I have two, both work fine. Steve Meyers has one that works fine. It
> seems others come out of the woodwork when asked that are happy with
> theirs as well. Use a traditional quad ink set, a good partitioning
> workflow like the Piezo driver or the upcoming Cone profiles or
> special RGB curves you may be able to find somewhere on this list. For
> some reason IJC has chosen not to support the all time classic Epson
> for quad printing, and the one that will do 16x20's at a reasonable
> cost. Go figure.
> A variable tone set will work to, but will be more dotty. I haven't
> seen the results myself but it's a simple technical conclusion. I
> don't know how noticeable the difference is, might be fine.
> Stick with papers under 250gsm. Always double check alignment and
> nozzles. One acquaintance never got his to work, I'm not sure of the
> details.
> You'd be better off asking on the Piezo list, more users there I think.
> Tyler
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "B. Alex Pettit
> Jr." <a_pettit_jr@y...> wrote:
>> I am totally befuddled as to whether this printer is a good
>> 'investment' or not: I have read numerous posts that GoodOnes are
>> great performers and reliable, but that the BadOnes have miserable
>> print banding and all attempts at repair will not heal their
>> ailments..... ???
>> 
>> Whats the story ??
>> 
>> (I have an excellent 2000P that works quite well for 8x10 and 12x16
>> prints, I would be using the 3000 only for 16x20 format)
>> 
>> Anyone have a GoodOne for sale ?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>> Orlando FL
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. Alex Pettit Jr. [mailto:a_pettit_jr@...]
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 5:09 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 3000 Printer ?
> 
> 
> Jerry, Tyler, Austin, Paul and Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for the replies. Your generally most positive replies have
> given me the encouragement needed to commit to purchasing one. I have
> been offered ( a promised GoodOne ) at a most reasonable price, so I
> guess I will have an opportunity to try some larger format printing
> quite soon !
> 
> Best to All,
> Alex

> 
> Hi Tyler,
> 
> > It seems I'm always chasing Jerry around on the internet undoing the
> > damage he does to the 3000's good name. I like to promote this
> > printer, but only for traditional quad work and only within it's
> > limitations. A lot has been learned about what can and can't be done
> > with it since Jerry's short experience with it years ago.
> > I have two, both work fine. Steve Meyers has one that works fine. It
> > seems others come out of the woodwork when asked that are happy with
> > theirs as well.
> 
> Me me me...  I'm not really in the woodwork, just wayyyy toooo busy to
> participate as I'd like to, but I am very very very happy with my two 3000s.
> They misfeed every now and then (take multiple sheets instead of one, but
> that's the paper, not the printer), they clog, but when working correctly
> (as in after a few head cleanings), the output is simply amazing.  I use the
> Cone Piezo Classic ;-), and really am very very very happy.  I also use one
> for color work, printing out schematics, AutoCAD files etc., and it works
> great.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin
> 
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