hi guys, i want to tell my story about my first year printing.
on January, i bought an Epson P9000 and a i1 pro 2 i was nervous because I had read many horror stories about the clog heads in the 9900, i decided to enter this business because where I live there are not many places where to print with good quality.
to not make the story longer, i love the quality of the p9000, maybe luck to me in the first year i didnt have any stubborn nozzle clog my way to try keep it that way , i became a little obsessed about the humity and i almost print every day, when i go on vacation i turn it off, cover it with plastic and put some bucket with water under the printer this make the humidity go to 45% -55%.
when i start in this bussines i was only printing Epson Luster Rolls and Enhaced Mate, right now i print more art papers like Hahnemühle and Moab, been the Photo Rag Satin one of my favorites.
the problems that I had this year were:
- The MK tint, Its Super fragile when i print some 100% black backgrounds, i have to be really really carefull to not scratch it or mark it. Does anyone know if sprays improve handling or make black less fragile?
- For Canvas which is the best matt finish varnish, the material i use is the Canson Infinity Museum mate (really nice canvas) Again delicate blacks.
- almost every time I change the ink I need to do a cleaning and sometimes aligning the heads when I go from matte to bright, i use a chep bond paper for this task, and i run first the bidirectional aligning, then the uni directional.
- which is the best method to cut prints by hand when using thick paper, i have like a low table just under the printer and use the down to roll down the paper.
to finish I have some doubts more, someone knows a page where I can buy a wiper blade with international shipping (i live in mexico, here epson dont have the best service I have called two companies and they have left me in sight or the technician has not come), im pretty handy and read a lot before trying anything, in October clean the blade wipper following the inkjetmall instructions and all went perfectly i think.
at the end and luckily I have had a lot of work and I have thought about acquiring a laminator, one that you recommend? sounds like a good step to follow?
Thanks for reading and an apology if my English is not the best.