Digital BW, The Print

My Epson 1280 has just started to die, printing very fine blue lines
across the page on premium glossy whenever it wants to.  (I've run
cleaning cycles and replaced cartridges.)  I guess it's time to look
for a replacement, 'cause I suspect repair will cost as much as a new
printer.  The 1280 has met my needs pretty nicely, but I'd as soon not
have to go and buy MIS inks to get a decent b&w and then switch
cartridges for color and text printing.  Might I ask for
recomendations?  The Pixma seem to be getting pretty good press.

Thanks,

Kevin

Hi Kevin,

An Epson 2400 with the K3 inks will print B/W quite well as well as 
print glossy prints without the usual problem of gloss differential and 
print matt papers well.  No need for additional 3rd party inks or RIPS 
to accomplish your aims.  The cost will be a little more than some of 
the other 13x19 printers, but there will be no need for additional 
expense.  This printer uses pigmented inks which offer more archival 
prints than the dye printers.

HTH

Paul

  

- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "KDWitty" 
<kdwitty@y...> wrote:

>
> My Epson 1280 has just started to die, printing very fine blue lines
> across the page on premium glossy whenever it wants to.  (I've run
> cleaning cycles and replaced cartridges.)  I guess it's time to look
> for a replacement, 'cause I suspect repair will cost as much as a new
> printer.  The 1280 has met my needs pretty nicely, but I'd as soon not
> have to go and buy MIS inks to get a decent b&w and then switch
> cartridges for color and text printing.  Might I ask for
> recomendations?  The Pixma seem to be getting pretty good press.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin
>