Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I'm going to follow this with some interest. I too would like to change printers, but finding a combination of printer that can handle B&W well, use MIS or similar if I want and handle the papers that I use AND can provide the curves seems to be a nightmare. Good Luck, Peter Peter Klein wrote: > I've just wasted another evening and about $15 worth of ink dealing with > a print head Clog From Hell. > I have two printers. I used the 1280 for color for a while, then > dedicated it to B&W. I got an Epson R200 for a song, and dedicated that > to color. Neither printer ever gave me WYSIWYG color. The > Epson-provided profiles (I've downloaded several) don't work with > Epson's own papers. Always much too dark. I've had to resort to > manually creating curves that work with some slider settings I > downloaded from the Norman Koren site. > > I have heard that many people get good results with MIS inks and the > Epson R200 or R300. If that's a good way to go, I could always revert > back to color with the 1280 and convert the R200 to B&W. But if I'm > just going to get more clogs, forget it, I might as well try something > else. > > Advice welcome! > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >