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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Which printer?

2016-05-10 by forums@walkerblackwell.com

1430 (modified), 4900, 3880 (modified) all make perfect prints without pizza-wheels with the upcoming PiezoDN system.

I’ll be posting videos about this soon.

Walker


> On May 10, 2016, at 4:07 PM, jp432r@winfirst.com [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm REALLY frustrated and I'm tired of being frustrated.
> 
> I am having no luck getting decent negs from my Epson Stylus Photo R3000. I just cannot get the damned "pizza wheel" marks to go away. 
> 
> I've begun pulling the pizza wheels out of the printer and, so far, it still feeds well, but I'm concerned that eventually I'll pull one too many and the printer will stop feeding material. I've tried the straight through front feed and I get the marks.
> 
> The R3000 produces amazing digital prints and, except for the damned pizza wheel marks, it makes great negatives. I really hate to be done with it, but what else can I do?
> 
> If there is no way to stop it from making the marks, I have get some other printer.
> 
> But which one? The people I know locally suggest the 3800 (despite its magenta clogging problems) or the 3880. Sadly they're not made anymore. 
> So... of the printers Epson, or for that manner, any manufacturer, now makes which one is best. For the moment I'm content to make prints 8x10 or smaller so large size is unnecessary.
> 
> All help will be appreciated.
> 
> Jeff
> 
>

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