In ten years of using the R2400, and some years when I didn't print for six-seven months, I've had to clear the nozzles due to a serious clog twice. Pigment-ink printers are much less likely to clog than dye-ink printers because pigment particles are much larger, which requires that the nozzles be larger too. Sure cure to keep nozzles on ANY printer from clogging:
- Only use the manufacturers' inks. - Print two test pages every other week. I've *never* created a paper profile for the R2400. I print on a selection of Hanemühle, Epson, Moab, and Red River papers … all of them produce professionally crafted profiles for the papers that I use superior to anything that I have the resources and skills to make, and they are free for the downloading. For B&W printing, in many cases the best and most consistent way to produce perfect prints is to use the Epson Advanced B&W printing workflow rather than printing with a color-managed, profile-based workflow. The R3000 is still available, but the P600 replaces it. As far as I can tell, the P600 is a superior print engine. That said, even the R2000, R2400, and R2880 produce outstanding prints. I'm doing a little reading up on the P600 before buying. I have some pretty specific needs … I've never used all the features of the R2400, but I need that whatever I buy supports the things that I do need (and a couple that I've wanted which the R2400 doesn't) without being a hassle. G > On Apr 18, 2015, at 11:33 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't forget having a color profile for each type of paper you're going > to use. And having to create a NEW profile for each of your papers every > time you change an ink cartridge. > > If you DO NOT make a LOT of prints the nozzles quite as likely to dry up. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
