Since I'm going to have to start from scratch with my 4880, I'm going to investigate some ink sets developed since I settled on Paul's Carbon-6 ink on Epson's...
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Paul
pr_roark
Aug 11, 2012 5:42 pm
I must say that for casual prints -- cards, snapshots, even 13" panoramas dry-mounted and intended for display (but not for sale; these are gifts) -- I use the...
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peter_desmidt
Aug 11, 2012 6:17 pm
Paul, thank you for the very clear and detailed response! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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David Keenan
ausdlk
Aug 12, 2012 4:56 pm
I rarely butt into these conversations but these this all sounds SO complicated, no offense to Paul, et al. Why aren't you just buying one of the glossy...
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Paul
pr_roark
Aug 12, 2012 5:09 pm
MIS also has blended, monotone, glossy compatible inksets. They're fine for many applications, but for my work, I stopped using these approaches. For those who...
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jffelinik
Aug 12, 2012 9:37 pm
Where in SW France do you live, and what ink are you planning on using? I use MIS UT-14 for my Epson 1400, and in about 2-4 weeks I am about to order again...
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jffelinik
Aug 13, 2012 10:22 pm
I bought my first 25-pack of HPR 308 some week ago, and I really love it using MIS UT-14 through QTR in BO. Today I found a dealer having a special price on...
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jffelinik
Aug 13, 2012 10:38 pm
I've understood so far that the Epson Archival Matte contains acid, and is not so very archival. How about the HW Matte? And how big differences are there in...
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Seth Rossman
sethrus
Aug 13, 2012 11:39 pm
I'd suggest Hot Press Natural at about the same price. Seth...
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Louis de Stoutz
louiszoe
Aug 14, 2012 10:17 am
I was going to suggest the same. Besides being more archival, I get higher d-max on HPN than on AM (with Eboni-6), and it has a very pleasant warm tone. Louis...
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jffelinik
Aug 14, 2012 10:20 am
Thanks guys! I'm trying to find this in A4 in Europe, not an easy task, seems they're out of stock all over... ... Cheers, /J.F. Felinik...
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Louis de Stoutz
louiszoe
Aug 14, 2012 12:18 pm
Being myself in Europe, I'm not sure if I ever saw it in A4. I get mine in A3+ and cut it. (Got it from the Epson online store, but this is not the cheapest...
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Ernst Dinkla
ernstdinkla
Aug 14, 2012 1:12 pm
... The same price as the EAM or Heavyweight ? I do not see identical pricing here and given the weight and cotton content I would not expect it. The HPN is...
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peter_desmidt
Aug 14, 2012 10:00 pm
I just picked up an Epson 7600. It's had very little use, but it hasn't been used in a few years. Thus, I'm sure there's lots of gunk in the print lines,...
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Paul
pr_roark
Aug 14, 2012 11:41 pm
Peter, ... That should be a good acquisition. What I have done with printers that have not been used for a long time is to put cleaning fluid in empty carts...
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peter_desmidt
Aug 15, 2012 12:25 am
Thanks Paul. Cleaning the lines as you suggest sounds like a very good idea. Do you think I should replace the dampers? It doesn't look too expensive to do...
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rhozbud
Aug 15, 2012 1:42 am
Am in Hollywood, CA - if local and interested, please contact me directly to email....
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Paul
pr_roark
Aug 15, 2012 4:05 am
You may not need to replace the dampers. I'd try the cleaning first and see if that is enough. Paul www.PaulRoark.com...
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jffelinik
Aug 15, 2012 4:51 pm
I'm about to go crazy here today... After testing a whole bunch of different glossy/baryta papers during the last week here it turns out that all of them...
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Paul
pr_roark
Aug 15, 2012 5:17 pm
I don't have a good answer for you on how to get rid of pizza wheel marks. Using the least amount of ink and glop in a profile no doubt helps. I think the...
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jffelinik
Aug 15, 2012 5:27 pm
Hmm, The only problem using Red River papers is that I can't get them here in Europe, and shipping costs makes this a quite cumbersome alternative. I have seen...
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jffelinik
Aug 15, 2012 10:45 pm
... Looks like the transport works well after removing all of the single wheel rollers, at least it makes things a bit less bad, still the double rollers are...
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Tom Mallonee
tmallonee2001
Aug 15, 2012 10:50 pm
Myron. The pump will pull air as well as liquid, so it will prime a completely dry line. Tom Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID ... [Non-text portions...
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nsams2002
Aug 16, 2012 4:23 am
I'm considering purchase of the Epson 2880. Comments on how it works with black and white would be most welcome. Norm...
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peter_desmidt
Aug 16, 2012 4:37 am
I had forgotten that Epson changed it's wide format cartridges. Oh well. The printer does have a set of partially full cartridges, and I think I might have a...
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Paul
pr_roark
Aug 16, 2012 1:59 pm
You can flush, refill and reset the chips on those carts. The MIS bottom fill adapter with a little plastic tube on the end works best for wide format carts....
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togeorge626
Aug 16, 2012 4:26 pm
I use the 2880 for both B&W and color. The ABW mode works well, and its cold-neutra-warm standard settings can be customized easily with the Custom Settings...
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jffelinik
Aug 17, 2012 12:48 pm
... I did some more experimentation yesterday keeping all the double wheels seems to have no affect the paper transport at all. So what I did was: - Removed...
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Paul
pr_roark
Aug 17, 2012 8:57 pm
I need to modify my previous post. Today I do detect pizza wheel marks in a print made with the 4000, MIS carbon inks and Red River Actic Polar Satin. Paul ...
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jffelinik
Aug 18, 2012 4:18 pm
Regarding my shimming of the 1400, it seems to work!! Finally I ended up with ten layers of painters masking tape (like this one:...
