Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Herb, I threw my 820 in the trash recently. When it worked, it produced great photos - but the heads would clog easily and I used lots of ink to try to clear them. One real downside to Epson is that the heads are not user replaceable. One bad clog and it's back to Epson to get it fixed. When you only pay $100 in the first place, it isn't even worth it to get fixed. The 820 followed an Epson 785 thrown in the trash for the same problem. Both inexpensive to purchase, both poor quality materials.<
that is a problem that i used to run into with the 600 i had. i have not had such problems with my 1270, but i also print at least a couple of times a week on it, so the heads never sit idle that long. a well known nature photographer in the area prints to silver halide paper only when a client demands it. otherwise, he uses and sells exhibition prints from his Epson Professional wide format printer. a couple of others in the area use other brands of printers for digital output and seldom use ordinary photographic enlargment anymore. the reason is simply that once you have tweaked an image to the point where you are certain it is a good as you can get, you can deliver it consistently. for photographers selling fine art prints, the consistency is really crucial. Herb.....
