AndrewNYC
Established
So I have an old beat up but functional Epson r4200 and got my hands on a trial set of John Cone's Carbon Piezography Inks. Has anyone here made that transition with an R2400? Any suggestions?
Best,
Andrew
Best,
Andrew
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Andrew,
If you find someone who claim success with this approach, ask them to prove it and if they can, take note and follow exactly what they did.
Because for myself and some other people, we only get to meet with Mr. Expensive and Mrs. Frustration at the end of this route.
And you only have one chance to fight with ink-clogged head with Epson printers. If you lose, you either pay someone to get a new one and replace it, or toss the printer.
I've done both and I'm done with Epson's bigger printers.
I said 'bigger' because my dinky little Epson R340 still prints beautifully to this day.
If you find someone who claim success with this approach, ask them to prove it and if they can, take note and follow exactly what they did.
Because for myself and some other people, we only get to meet with Mr. Expensive and Mrs. Frustration at the end of this route.
And you only have one chance to fight with ink-clogged head with Epson printers. If you lose, you either pay someone to get a new one and replace it, or toss the printer.
I've done both and I'm done with Epson's bigger printers.
I said 'bigger' because my dinky little Epson R340 still prints beautifully to this day.
Bob Michaels
nobody special
Over the last 12-13 years, I have used Jon Cone's Piezography inks, many variations of the MIS inksets, other 3rd party specialty inks and Epson inksets for black & white exhibition prints.
I have been using the standard Epson inks and software in a 2400 for the last six years for all of my exhibition prints. I just have not seen anything that is realistically better.
And the Epson 2400 is close to bulletproof. I have never had a nozzle clog in using them for those six years. I have not bothered to do a nozzle test in many years, I just print and it is always perfect.
I have been using the standard Epson inks and software in a 2400 for the last six years for all of my exhibition prints. I just have not seen anything that is realistically better.
And the Epson 2400 is close to bulletproof. I have never had a nozzle clog in using them for those six years. I have not bothered to do a nozzle test in many years, I just print and it is always perfect.
mdarnton
Well-known
I was an early adopter of the Piezography system. Went throught green pictures and the denials of green pictures from the company and people who weren't getting green, and the supposed cures and accusations of incompetence, and the clogged printers, and finally the totally-sludge-clogged external ink system. HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS INTO THE TRASH. Now I just print with my Canon printer, and live with the color shifts. The Piezography system did not make me a happy person.
AndrewNYC
Established
Thanks everyone. This was a cheap test run of inks, and I have a 3880, so I thought that I would try it out. Who knows....sounds like people here aren't big fans of the product.