Don, that is really strange. I have yet to clean the jets on my Epson 1200 for the first time, and I've owned it from the first year they sold it. It was only out about three months when I bought mine. I don't know what I've been doing right.
I've only been considering upgrading to a new model because of the better permanence of the inks. For weddings and portrait work, I take a CD-ROM in to my lab and they produce high quality dye sublimation prints that are very stable. For proofs and up to 11 X 14's (my personal pictures) I use my own printers. I don't do much glossy stuff on my Epson because I just don't like glossy for my own pictures. Perhaps a more absorbant, matte surface helps to keep the jets from clogging. I really like printing on HP's plain, photo quality, inkjet bond. It's cheap and the results are great with my Epson. If I want gloss, I frame it under glass. Len --- -----Original Message----- From: Don Williams Finland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Digital doubts How do you keep the Epson jets clean? I found that I used so much ink cleaning the bloody thing that it became a financial burden. It sits here doing nothing now. D Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: Re: Digital doubts > Bob, > > I don't work the same way with digital. I have two printers. > One is an HP Photosmart 100 that I use for making an index print > and then I use that to select the 4 X 6 prints I want. No > computer required, if you don't want to use one. > Time invested in making the prints is not a lot. Less if I just > want to print all of them. The unmanipulated prints out of the > HP are usually better than my local Walmart. > > Then, the pictures that I want to enlarge get manipulated and > printed on the Epson, which I find to be fun. > > Len > --- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Keefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "pentax discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:51 AM > Subject: OT: Digital doubts > > > > Hi folks: > > > > OK, it's late at night here in the Pacific zone and I'm > drinking a little > > red wine after an enjoyable evening shooting pictures of an > old friend at > > the studio. Here's something that's been on my mind lately. > > > > Is it possible that digital photography doesn't have such a > rosy future with > > consumers as we're all led to believe? > > > > Here's the evidence, scant though it is. My wife got me a nice > Canon S20 > > digital point and shoot camersa almost exactly a year ago for > my birthday. > > It has given me a pleasant way to play with the digital > future. It even > > makes pretty good 8x10s on the HP inkjet printer. > > > > So what's my beef? Well, it takes a really long time to make > prints. Making > > prints involves computers, which, if you hadn't noticed, > rarely work as > > promised. Not to mention the fact I already work on computers > all day at the > > office. Even if the computer happens to be feeling well, by > the time I could > > possibly import, size, tweak and print 36 4x6 inch prints, I > could have > > driven a roll of film to the nearest one-hour photo joint, had > a cup of > > coffee, read the paper and driven back home -- and be out less > money than I > > would have spent on batteries, paper and ink. Not to mention > the headache > > differential. > > > > And I'm a pretty committed digital owner. I really like > photography. I > > would love to see digital work. But I still shoot almost > entirely on film. > > It's easier. I'm not a photojournalist, so I don't need > instant access. > > > > I really wonder whether the average home photographer really > wants to put > > that much energy into making pictures of the kids' birthday > party. Or, > > perhaps, does old-fashioned film have a lot safer future than > we all > > believe? > > > > Comments? > > > > Bob Keefer > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
