Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's not the case with this printer, Jayanand - it has built-in print heads, like an Epson, but they are replaceable. And apparently they are programmed to somehow reconfigure themselves to work around clogs up to a certain point. On 9/9/06 9:01 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote: > As far as I know, all HP printers have heads built into the cartridges. > All you need to replace heads is to change cartridges. I have had an > Epson 2400 for a few months with no problems, though - and its a superb > printer, both colour and b&w. With the choice available for Epsons, both > in terms of ink and paper, I think it will take some effort for another > manufacturer to dislodge them from the top. > Cheers, > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > B. D. Colen wrote: > >> One of the biggest advantages this printer will have - assuming, Don, that >> it proves not to be vaporware - is that it has user-replaceable heads. >> >> >> On 9/9/06 12:27 PM, "Jeff Moore" <jbm@jbm.org> wrote: >> >> >> >>> 2006-09-08-21:47:11 B. D. Colen: >>> >>> >>>> Me, I'm waiting for the HP B9180, which previews suggest will blow the >>>> 2400 >>>> away....Due any day now... >>>> >>>> >>> I've been anxiously waiting lo these several months for that thing to >>> come out ever since my girlfriend took the fancy fine-art digital >>> printing course, and they had 2400s to work with. The 2400 made >>> absolutely beautiful prints when it consented to work, but it didn't >>> really like to feed the thick cotton-rag papers so beloved of the fine >>> printing set, and there were apparently a few other annoying >>> peculiarities. Their teacher, the apparently-well-known Stephen >>> Johnson, said the printer he really loved these days was the pre-release >>> HP B9180 which he'd been hooked up with for testing and comment. >>> >>> (Up with which he'd been hooked?) >>> >>> Watching this page >>> >>> >>> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/18972-236251-64340-15100-64340 >>> -1 >>> 143049.html >>> >>> I've seen it go from saying, "Coming soon!" to announcing a retail price >>> recently... it should be showing up at vendors Real Soon Now. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information