Ink Jet flow systems
Graham
I had no problem with the ink quality (though obviously there are both good and ugly out there) nor with the colours (except 3rd part inks mean you need to be able to generate your own profiles, or buy them, or use one of the deals to get a custom profile along with paper purchase). I've since thrown all my inkjet kit away now though and use commercial printing (DSCL are great if you use their colour managed service). I looked down on commercial printing for years and preferred to roll my own - but I don't mind saying I was wrong, badly wrong
When I upgraded to my Epson 1400 I decided to opt for the Permajet system, the "build" quality of the Permajet is decidedly tacky in comparison to the cheap one on my R300 which had a self contained unit consisting of the 6 ink tanks, the Permajet is simply plastic bottles in a rather flimsy plastic tray, I almost threw it away thinking it was cheap packaging and refilling the bottles is a pain in the ass, you have to unscrew the half full bottle from the lid NOT the other way round, I have also had several problems with blockages but the Permajet head cleaning system does work very well (yes you have to buy that separately)
Having said that, the Permajet inks themselves are very good and produce some suberb prints using the standard Epson profile, I did try loading the generic profiles supplied with the system but the results were terrible.
With hindsight I would have bought a cheap ink system and replaced the inks with Permajets.
PS: Permajet papers are very good too.
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16 years
Milton Keynes