tpitman

I had recently installed a new bulk ink bag when the printer quit . . . just sort of faded away on a film output. There's a repair shop in Orlando that got a new head installed in a few days, and things were good for a little over a week, when the printer quit again. Before I called the repair shop to complain, I thought I'd pop in my Ultrachrome black cartridge to make sure it was the repair gone bad, and after a few head cleanings, it was working again. Put the bulk ink cartridge back in, and nothing. I bought a small FastInk cartridge from Scott, and the printer is working fine (or was the last time I fired it up). I have no problem per se with Scott's stuff, and they were very helpful in getting FastRIP to work on my Mac. I also understand the reason most rips are programmed for Epsons and the quality is first rate, but when you lose confidence in the printer, you start looking at alternatives. I don't use the Epson everyday, and I'm aware that that's about the only way to keep the things working well, but the consumables used up just to print anything to push ink through the printhead add up. At least with the HP 9800, a new cartridge means new nozzles, and I've got software workarounds that allow me to produce films without a rip. If it were only the FastINK bulk system that had crapped out, I'd have gladly bought another, as the convenience was worth the money. But within one week of having the print head going the FastINK cartridge goes, it was a little much. I'd have had over $400 in repairs into a used printer that cost $600 new, and be wondering what would be next? If Scott were selling a RIP for HP's I'd buy one AND another FastINK Bulk system.

 

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