Hi Godfrey, Would you recommend the R2400 for just B&W printing? I have (had?) an 1160 with PiezoBW and then MIS inks. One night, days before my last show, I stayed up all night injecting Windex through the heads to unclog it--it was a nightmare. I don't even want to think how clogged those heads must be now.
I'm tempted to go back to printing my own inkjets, with an R2400 now. Hopefully it doesn't have the clogging problems of the 1160. j On 4/21/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have both Epson 1270 and R2400 printers, had the Epson 1160 as > well. The 1160 was my dedicated B&W printer until the PiezographyBW > inks finally killed the print head and it wasn't worth fixing (2003). > I then dedicated the 1270 to B&W work with MIS UT-2 inks and > QuadToneRIP, which ran well enough albeit with a number of issues in > clogs and drips that it motivated me to buy the R2400. The R2400 is > the best printer I've had to date; the 1270 is now relegated to light > duty for printing envelopes. > > My work has been printed on Epson Heavyweight Matte and Epson > Archival Matte (now Epson Enhanced Matte) since 2000-2001. With the > R2400, I'm also using Epson Velvet Fine Art as well, but sparingly as > it is both more costly and more time consuming to handle. I've tried > several other papers but find little real advantage to most of the > other standard papers (some of the high-end, high-rag-content papers > are wonderful though). I feel it is generally more sensible to learn > a single paper or maybe two, optimizing rendering and printing to do > best on them. > > So far, Heavyweight Matte and EEM look very similar. EEM has just a > bit more tonal separation in the Zone II-IV range, a slightly deeper > black with R2400 Matte Black inks. Over four-five years, some of the > EEM prints have aged to a little warmer rendering. > > Inks have been more variable. The 1270 color inks shift a bit when > exposed to air and light, over time there's substantial fading. The > PiezographyBW inks have been very stable, as have the MIS UT2. I > expect the R2400's K3 inkset to be more stable yet. > > Godfrey > > On Apr 21, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Jerome Reyes wrote: > > > Guys and gals, > > > > I was about to press the trigger on an Adorama order and at the last > > minute thought about adding some paper. I have about a 7 or 8 framed > > photos around the house (mostly 11" by 14") and all are on Epson > > Enhanced > > Matte Inkjet Paper (A3 Size), printed on a Epson Stylus Photo 1280. > > They > > were all printed within the past 12 months, so none have passed the > > test > > of time yet ... even though I suspect the ink will be the culprit > > more so > > than the paper if they start to fade. > > > > Anyhow, I'm pretty happy with all of them (and the printer)... but was > > struck by curiousity as to what some others may be printing on. > > > > - Jerome > > > > PS. by the way, the max width for the Epson 1280 is 13". > > > > -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
