3000 and ink mistake

[rmonks]

I bought an epson 3000 last year and found the print head was plugged. So i order a new head from Ink Jet Dr. and I completely gut the printer of anything having to do with the other colors. Well I get it back together plugin my Black Max cartridge and put some regular inkjet film in and was deeply disappointed the print quality was light to say the least. disgusted i put it on the shelf and forgot about it until this week my epson r1800 had an issue with the red refillable cart i tried a different one still could not get the red light to go off reset chips whole nine yards. So I get the 3000 back out and run a head clean cycle pop in some waterproof film and and damn what a nice positive. I guess the Black Max ink doesn't work on reg. film. I am so happy the 3000 saved the day. What type ink works on reg . ink jet film. 

[ebscreen]

Dye based (older Epsons) works on regular and waterproof films.

Pigment based (newer Epsons) only works on waterproof.

[Inkworks]

Great old workhorses. With the dye ink they can sit for years and a cleaning cycle usually gets them up and running again. Not to mention you can get 100% opaque films from them without a RIP.

[mooseman]

just switch to WP film heck fire the cost of a 17" x 100 foot roll of the stuff is $66.00 from inkjetfilm.net and shipping is free.
that is a cost of 47 cents per square footor 66 cents for a 17 x 12 in sheet off roll and you get great results .
http://inkjetfilm.net/index.php?main_page=products_all

mooseman

[samusbox]

i agree wi th you
 

[mk162]

yeah, but the 3000 has no cutter and won't line films up well from a roll. 

[Shawn (EIP)]

I bought a 400 sheet pack of 13x19 water proof film from an ebay store for 230.00 , the same stuff everyother screen supply sells.  One heck of a great deal!

[Frog]

That was the same place as Moose linked, but the ebay version.

[ebscreen]

Samusbox you're looking a bit like a bot about to spew spam.

[Frog]

Yeah, I was going to ban him until I saw that in the "How did you hear about us" thread, he said that we were like a dream. LOL!

Actually, my finger is on the trigger

[ebscreen]

The plot thickens:

http://www.digitsmith.com/shirt-tacker-all-over-35502.html#post134361