I own an Epson 4900 and it is one of Dan’s Type 2 printers.
I think a refurb is about $1500 these days, and if you go look online, one can find the manual and the initial charge software. Initial charging will clean out the heads nicely with $35/cart compatible inks rather than Epsons at $90, and now that I’ve done that the printer works as if new. The initial charge software only runs on a PC, so I borrow one when needed.
‘High end printers’ can be found at B&H or Amazon - just rank them by price downwards from most expensive, not most popular.
Jan
Could you name some high end type 1 printers?
On Mar 17, 2015 2:06 PM, "Dan Mitchell" < danmdan3842@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: The printer you buy, and the ink you use depends on how often you need to use the printer.
There are 2 distinct types of printer - one (1) has the heads/jets integral with the ink tanks, while the other (2) has non-removable heads/jets as a fixed part of the printer plus use simple ink-tank(s).
With a type 1 printer you can use after-market ink, since the heads/jets are changed with the cartridge, so if an ink jet gets unclearably blocked all you need to do is replace the ink cartridge. However with a type 2 printer an unclearable printing jet (nozzle or whatever it is called) means an expensive service charge to dissemble the printer and clean the captive heads; sometimes it spells death to that printer.
I left a type 2 Epson unused for a few months and it never was able to work again, no amount of head cleaning freed the gummed-up jets, and the service cost was higher than the cost of a new one. So now I always buy a type 1 printer as I seldom do much color printing these days, partly due to the excessive ink costs. And thus one answer to the O.P. is if you have a type 2 printer it is perhaps best to use only the maker’s inks as hopefully they are less likely to clog the printing heads.
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> My Canon Pro 9000 died and I bought Pro 9000 MkII. When I had my first
> Canon photo printer the print head died and the guy at the service shop
> told me to use Canon ink. He was very serious to the point that he
> replaced my aftermarket in with Canon ink at no charge. Havin been in
> computer service for forty years and being used to using "our" ink I
> only used Canon ink in the Pro 9000.
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> Has anyone had experiences, good or bad, with aftermarket ink?
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