Keith's experience is close to my own with an Epson Stylus 800. Very poor
ink consumption, and when it got so clogged that I couldn't easily clean it
I went out and bought an HP 1310 triple-function job for A$129 which beats
the pants off it for colour and detail. When I first started in computing
all my gear was HP, including an A4 pen plotter I could program, and I
sometimes wish I could still get one of those (I know, they're probably
still used in drafting offices and the like). HP then had the reputation of
producing some of the best quality computers and peripherals you could buy:
my own experience with them was first class.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "keithw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Why full frame?
Graywolf wrote:
[...]
Currently my photo printer is a 3 year old Epson Stylus Photo 820. Slow,
expensive to run with Epson ink and paper, cheap with off brand stuff
from ebay. Prints better at 360 than at 720 which makes me believe that
the 2880x720 spec is just advertising crap. It too has clogging problems
for which is is justly infamous. However I have developed techniques
which minimizes that: Print a nozzle check every week if I am not using
it regularly. If it absolutely needs a head cleaning do one and let it
set overnight before doing another nozzle check. That seems to work as
well as doing 10-12 head cleanings which is what it seems to need if you
follow Epson's instructions. Done their way you use more ink cleaning the
nozzles than you do printing. Makes them lots of money, I guess. BTW, I
have fewer clogs with the cheap ink than with the Epson, although the
Epson ink give better color control.
I had an Epson 820 and it was infamous for clogging it's jets!
I finally couldn't clean a couple of orifices no matter what I did, so I
gave it up to the trash man! Literally! Threw it in the trash barrel, con
mucho gusto!
I promptly got a Canon bubble jet iP 3000 PIXMA photo printer.
I've never been so happy!
It's what my Epson 820 Photo Printer SHOULD have been!
keith whaley
[...]
graywolf
