I'm with you all the way! I've been printing on a 1430 for more than a year now. Aside from some air in the lines when I refill (a 24 hrs sitting time cures it) the 1430 been printing like a charm and the quality I get is the quality I like ( many of my "clients" too!).
Although I'm feeding a paper not "permitted" by Epson (too thick) a slight push on it and away it goes. I keep my rollers pretty clean and I added a 1" piece of blue Styrofoam at the receiving end. It takes cure of the dreaded "tick" at the end meaning that the head is striking the paper.
And on that subject, I saw many posts relating to paper curving. My two bits : if you are like me and buying your paper by the box, the more you print (and empty the box) the more chance that you will have slightly curled sheets. I went to my glazing shop and they made me a piece of glass (1/4" thick) 13"x19" that I put on the remaining sheets in the box; paper is always flat up to the last sheet.
Jacques
Jacques Caron
Le 2016-03-13 à 10:16, "'forums@walkerblackwell.com' forums@walkerblackwell.com [QuadtoneRIP]" <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> a écrit :
A few reasons for doing the 1430.1. Because it’s actually a really very high-quality K6 head after the first inch and before the last. It’s dither pattern is almost superior to the x900s frankly (what I’m seeing in-lab right now). We are putting a CISS on it that (when raised to the proper level) increases pressure to the head decreases any small micro-banding.2. This lowers the barrier-of-entry for anyone wanting to do alt-process at really high quality! We are seeing resolutions at a 1point-text level with Platinum right now . . . .3. It’s a $300.00 printer that you can get new, that doesn’t have insane DRM built into it that excludes alternative inks.cheers,WalkerIf the R1430 is that low-grade, then why has IJM put so much effort into developing the forthcoming Piezo digital negative system for it?