Re: New list member-Need some help

[Powell Hargrave <hargravep@shaw.ca>]

At 09:14 AM 01/02/2002 -0500, Steve Jacobson wrote:
>
>I am new to this list, and could use some advice from all you experts
>out there.
>
>I have an Epson 1200 that I use for photo printing and for doing "B"
>size engineering drawings from a CAD system. 
>

>1) Is this printer worth getting a continuous ink system for?  The
>absorbing pads are probably full of ink from all the cleaning cycles,
>and if I kept it, I would probably get it cleaned.


Yes!  I'm still quite happy with the 1200 with Generation4 inks printing on
matte pagers with custom profiles.  Occasional B/W prints with a well
tweaked profile are OK with very slight colour crossovers.  On matte paper
the smaller dots and higher resolution of the newer printer makes little
(no?) difference.

Very occasionally I would like to produce a high detail high gloss image
but I can live comfortably with the semi glossy quite sharp results
obtained on Epson Photo Paper.  

To find out the amount of life left in the big ink absorbing pad do a power
on printer test.  Hold load-eject button while turning on printer and until
it starts printing.  First line has 3 numbers.  The third is printer count
in Hex.  Mine is:  TB2997   I007BC   70F5
70F5 H = 28917 D  Mine is getting up there.

The maximum count for the Stylus Photo/700/EX was 37,000 decimal. Not sure
exactly what it is for the 1200, but likely about the same.



Powell Hargrave           Nanaimo  B.C.  Canada
Digital Photo Page   http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep


  
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