@Geofn, pigment inks are ALL prone to clogging in the printhead no matter what the brand, you just have not been aware of your clogged nozzles. HP and Canon printheads simply map to another available nozzle when it detects a clog during it\'s maintenance cycles and when there are no more nozzles to map to, you must repklace the printhead.
@4644, if you choose to go with the 7900, what I have found to be the best scenario is to disable the \"auto maintence\" feature, leave the printer powered on and do a nozzle check prior to each printing. I simply use a plain piece of 8.5X11 paper and can use it four times to do the nozzle check. The paper feed system on the 7900 is flat out awesome, it\'s as simple as feed the sheet in push the advance button and it self aligns. If you do see missing nozzles, simply do a nozzle clean on the \"pairs\" and you are off to printing. I have yet needed to do a second cleaning to clear the occasional missing nozzles shown during the nozzle check and very often even printing once a week or once every two weeks the nozzles are all open.
Good luck with your decision
Cheers,
Garrick Liddell Photography
Jan 10, 2012 at 03:11 PM
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