Digital BW, The Print

> is time for me to hang myself on Monday.
> 
> Any thoughts would be helpful,
> 
> John

> Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 7000  and Carbon Pigment inksets??
> 
> I need some advice from experienced Epson 7000 users. Has anyone out there
> successfully used this printer ( or the 9000 ) for use with either the new MIS
> UT pigment 
> monochrome inksets or the Cone ICC Piezzotone inkset? And, would there be any
> difference in the consistency of the new Cone or MIS inks ( back position? )
> in comparison 
> to the last generaton of mono pigment inks which evidently performed fine in
> these 
> printers? 
> 
> Three of us out here have had head issues since installing carbon pigment inks
> in the 
> 7000 this past week. Am I just paranoid or is this a bad combination? I need
> to know if it 
> is time for me to hang myself on Monday.
> 
> Any thoughts would be helpful,
> 
> John

> John;
> 
> I am using the 7000 with MIS inks and while there are occasional clogs etc.,
> I generally find that I am able to print consistently and it has worked well
> for several years. I started with MIS-FS, then added Eboni, then UT-FS. It
> takes time and there has always been a bit of alchemy (humidity, time
> between printing sessions, etc.) I use ImagePrint as my RIP and using this
> setup I have made hundreds successful prints (mostly 22"x44" some 20"x24")
> but there has also been a lot of waste... We are using the printer in a way
> that was not intended, so from my point of view a week is not much time to
> perfect this sort of modification.
> 
> Wendel 
> 
> 
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 7000  and Carbon Pigment inksets??
> > 
> > I need some advice from experienced Epson 7000 users. Has anyone out there
> > successfully used this printer ( or the 9000 ) for use with either the new MIS
> > UT pigment 
> > monochrome inksets or the Cone ICC Piezzotone inkset? And, would there be any
> > difference in the consistency of the new Cone or MIS inks ( back position? )
> > in comparison 
> > to the last generaton of mono pigment inks which evidently performed fine in
> > these 
> > printers? 
> > 
> > Three of us out here have had head issues since installing carbon pigment inks
> > in the 
> > 7000 this past week. Am I just paranoid or is this a bad combination? I need
> > to know if it 
> > is time for me to hang myself on Monday.
> > 
> > Any thoughts would be helpful,
> > 
> > John

>Thank you Wendel I am collecting all this data and it is helpful. I guess the one thing that I 
>am uncertain of is whether the 7000-9000 performs any differently with carbon quads 
>than later generation Photo Stylus printers like the 7500 - 7600,9600. But I belive Tyler 
>when he says that a lot of people are using them successfully for this purpose, and this 
>was my impression also.
>  
>
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On Oct 4, 2004, at 2:28 PM, Hogarth Hughes wrote:

>
> I'm using Piezotones in a 7600. Excellent results. I find that 2880
> makes a smoother print. Others don't see it. It's probably an 
> individual
> printer thing. If you are printing at 1440, then the 7600 is faster 
> than
> the 7000/7500 I've been told. It's still not exactly fast, however ;-)
> --
> Hogarth Hughes
>
>
> john dean wrote:
>
>> Thank you Wendel I am collecting all this data and it is helpful. I 
>> guess the one thing that I
>> am uncertain of is whether the 7000-9000 performs any differently 
>> with carbon quads
>> than later generation Photo Stylus printers like the 7500 - 
>> 7600,9600. But I belive Tyler
>> when he says that a lot of people are using them successfully for 
>> this purpose, and this
>> was my impression also.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>Hogarth,
>
>What workflow are you using to drive the 7600.
>
>Do you have a RIP or are you using QTR or some other workflow?
>
>I am thinking of following the same route and am interested in your 
>experiences.
>
>James Haney
>
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