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Hello All,?
I have taken a very long break from making digital negatives for gum over Pl/Pd. I've decided to get back to it.?
I was using a 9800 with Cone K7 inks. The inks are now way too old, and the printer is being maintenance and flushed as we speak.?

A couple of years back I acquired a 7800 with OEM inks.? The printer is currently cleared and up and running with oem inks to experiment with profiling.?

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I understand I have limited time with these older printers, so I am thinking about getting a used P6000.?
Questions for P6000 users:

1.? Does the printer handle transparency well?

2. Are you happy with the OEM ink set for negatives?

3. Reliability?

4. I can easily tear apart a 78**/98**, is the P6000 cap/flush/blade easily accessible without being a mechanical engineer scholar??

FYI... not interested in positive printing.?

Any information would be helpful.?

Thanks for your alls' time and sharing your experiences.?

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Shane Knight

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7800 and 9800 are still very useful. I have a 7800 and 7880. Picked up each for dirt cheap and cleaned the capping stations, the wipers, the printhead (with piezo vapours). The 7800 is running a Karbon-8 set. As long as you keep it clean it should run for years. You could even source some on Facebook marketplace and craigslist and harvest the parts eg: air pump, motherboards, cables, tubes etc.. and use that to maintain a working machine.

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 03:08 PM, Jeff Kew wrote:

with piezo vapours

Hi Jeff

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Could you elaborate on using piezo vapors to clean a print head??

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Sandy