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while doing some major mods to my printer, i've seen these pics popping up all over the internet. evidently it's pretty easy to reverse engineer a printer into a flat bed. i've seen several different companies offering these. gets me hoping that maybe in a year a conversion kit might be...

if you are printing things with text very often, than postscript. but for art/photography it's not needed. i'd post the rip software question on the luminous landscape website. there you will find hundreds of members that own this and other epson printers. spend too much time reading...

just a note the guys at macmedia are great. sent off a slider board a few years back it came back "ok". no charge except for shipping. it's nice to have some truly honest businessmen out there.

sometimes to clear out a line you'll need to do a backwards flush on the line. a piece of paper or something can be caught at the beginning of your supply and like a lobster trap pulling cleaning solution or ink doesn't work. get a refillable cart. fill it with some cleaning solution. take...

wiper height question well i decided to go with shimming the wiper assembly as well. it was the logical conclusion and left the head/wiper relationship the same as was before being the shims were the same between the capping station, heads, and wiper. now that i have it raised, i look...

how they went from the xb on steroids at the car shows to this purposefully dog ugly work vans is beyond me. it's a deal breaker with me and i really really need a new work van.

i'm doing some work on my jv3 160sp over the next few weeks. one thing that i've been wanting to do is raise the heads beyond the "thick" setting. the machine is never on thin for any material. but many times needs to be higher still than "thick". the head carriage is surprising easy to...

i'd do some calling around with the 9890. the only thing i can find that the designer edition comes with is postscript and and efi rip. the spectroproofer is optional in every single spec sheet i've seen. as far as the spec' being part of the machine, with the hp, it's free/standard. but if...

not sure that's right. epson sells a separate xrite for $2500, http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Pro/SeriesStylusPro78909890/Options.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes "SpectroProofer® 44" (SP9890 only) High performance in-line spectrophotometer developed jointly with X-rite®. Allows for...

if you are just printing tifs (photos, artwork, no copy. occasional copy/text no big deal) the postscript is not needed. the z3200 is $2700-2500 from many discount suppliers. it doesn't come with much ink (about enough to print 20-30 prints). and spectroproofing on the epson is like $9-11k...

actually the consensus is that the HP has the most attractive print. but seems to be the least sturdy of the machines. and it's has 200 year longevity testing results by wilhelm twice the other printers. and the least bronzing due to it's "gloss enhancing" clear ink. not to mention built in...

i don't know how much i can help you but i can tell you a bit about canvas printing. i'm sure there are a lot of guys here that have much more experience. i'd say if you are getting the 9890 for canvas, it's a bit too much machine for just canvas. canvas at medium resolution looks almost...

@massivegraphics big question...! just saw this video of a 9900. how on earth does this printer have a straight paper path with the data/link lines crossing in front of the platen? does the paper's "straight" path run vertically or at an angle? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K054Jl-Pdho

as far as life span, i visited the hp support message boards and i did get a weird feeling reading the "issues". a lot of issues that i'd categorize as coming from a less trustworthy printer. error codes, failed hard drives, bad boards, quirky things that i'd never see in my roland or mimaki...

here's one dedicated 12 actual color rip. http://www.americaninkjetsystems.com/symphonic_12color_evolution_rip.html i'm settling on either the ipf8300 or z3200 (most likely will go canon). hopefully these new printers can get some ink from this company. it's strange that they recommend...

currently the ipf8300's are $3300 at the lowest (but come with a ton of ink) and the z3200's $2500. no matter how i look at it, both have epson beat. i'm really looking forward to getting away from piezo. also, that replaceable head is great. the canon's new price on replaceable heads are...

is there latent ink in the cap? first diagnose if you are getting a good seal at that cap. not sure of your pump/cap configuration, but, also you need to check if you have a clogged pump to that cap. common clog points are directly beneath the cap, within the cap itself, unions where cap...

thanks... i'm having the "new printer" heebeegeebees... seems no matter what printer i choose, two weeks later, i'm thinking..."should have got..." i'm about to just go with the canon for the stupid/crazy speed. i've got the mimaki that is converted to a flatbed at this point. but not that...

yeah. looks like its a call, the reseller wasn't sure how. also, (to change the subject) on the straight paper feed. does the printer have a straight path similar to a mimaki/epson etc? i read the maximum thickness was .8mm pretty low for a max'. are they being slim or generous with this...

i'm doing some final deliberations on which giclee printer to get the Z3200 or the ipf8300. one thing i like about the HP is it gloss enhancer ink. i use clear solvent ink (home brew) for effects in my metal pieces on my mimaki. can the clear gloss enhancer ink in the z series be isolated to...