Re: OT: Inkjet Printing Problems

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

It's hard not to like the HP 7960 or 8450 for a cheap, high quality 
proof printer. It's about the only consumer grade printer that has a 
factory supplied grayscale inkset for decent B&W printing with little 
to no metamerism. HP inks and paper are a little pricey, but unless 
you're printing a tremendous lot it's not out of sight.

I tend to prefer the Epson premium glossy or full matte paper surfaces 
over the HP paper offerings. Color prints well on it, but the inks 
image quite warm on Epson paper. For a neutral/coldtone B&W print, the 
HP paper is better.

If you want better B&W printing than that, get a used Epson 1270 
(generally available very cheap) and use the MIS UT2 QuadTone inks with 
QuadToneRIP print driver. That's the best bang for the buck in high 
quality, archival B&W inkjet printing I've found. And I've not yet had 
a single clog with the UT2 inks.

Godfrey
On Apr 23, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
I have the 7960 - I am happy with it.
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Best regards,
Bruce
Saturday, April 23, 2005, 12:14:11 PM, you wrote:
SB> I was going to get a cheap Epson for making cheap proof prints, 
but heard
SB> similar comments about clogging.  I've just started looking at HP 
printers.
SB> Which model do you have, Bruce?

SB> Shel

[Original Message]
From: Bruce Dayton

Sorry to say, but I had two cheap Epson printers that were used
regularly that still clogged.  My more expensive one never had a
problem.
Based on my experiences, I will never buy another cheap Epson.  Go up
a bit in price and they work well.