Russ, By all means get the 2400 - fantastic B/W! It is pricy to use but not as bad as what you are doing now. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] 1280/2400 > From: rebphoto <rebphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, September 11, 2007 12:37 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hi Gang............ > > I posted this on the Epson Printers > List and didn't get much in replies............ > > OK > Here is where I am at........ > > I am currently using two Epson 1280's > one for color using InkGrabbers color ink > which for an non oem ink has been working > fine for me for quite some time and one > using MIS UT-2 Black and White Inks. > > The problem is that on occasion BOTH printers > are not recognizing the cartridges but more importantly, > since I don't print B&W every day and some times > not even once a week the printer using the UT-2 inks > will require a lot of cleaning cycles to get it to where > it will print where it is not spitting small drops of black ink > and also stop banding. > > It gets rather expensive feeding 11x17 paper into it > thinking that this time the printer will finally be clean > and will print ok. > > Epson is offering the 2400 refurbished at a nice price. > > I was thinking that if I was using just one printer for both my > color and my B&W I would not have the problem of having to go > through a lot of cleaning cycles to get the printer to print > B&W when I needed it to. > > Does this rezoning make any sense? > > Also I would be only buying ink for one printer. > > I see that Ink Grabber offers ink for the 2400 > but also Atlex has Epson Ink at a reasonable price. > > I am going to assume that I print from Photo Shop > CS2 and use the 2400 with out any other RIP's > etc etc I am not wanting spend my life calibrating > a printing system. > > I don't print "Fine Art" but I do need good prints > for my customers. > > I would appreciate any input on this idea. > > By the way... > I normally print on Ilford Classic & Ilford Smooth Pearl Paper. > > Thanks > > Russ > R.E. Baker > Photography > rebphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Feed a Cat... > Starve a Fever........
