[Leica] Re: Epson 1280 Now R1800

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Ed,

You would know better than I about availability in Argentina, but I just
looked at the B&H site.  It shows the 2400 as USD $750 and $295 express mail
shipping to Argentina.  There are probably customs that take up the slack.

I bought an R1800 a couple of weeks ago, to print color on gloss/semi-gloss
papers.  Most of my printing is b&w/mono on matte papers, with an Epson 2200
and the ImagePrint RIP.  I'm OK with the paper size - most of the time I
will print 10x15 on 13x19" paper.  While I was at it, I did try the R1800
with b&w and was very pleased with the Epson b&w driver.  This was with
Innova FibaPrint White Gloss paper.  The Innova factory profile was pretty
awful, so I had a custom profile made for the R1800 by Inkjetart, and then
b&w/mono worked fine in RGB mode also.  I did not see any metamerism in
either mode, though there is still a little gloss differential.  Also, the
R1800 does leave pizza wheel marks on the heavy gloss paper, though I can
live with it.  

BTW the R1800 is not exactly economical on ink either.  If you can stand to
wait for first class mail, I'll send you a few of my b&w test prints and you
can see what you think.  I did notice the separation in the first five or so
steps of the Inkjetart test target was not very good (0-100 in 5 step
increments).  Or I could send you a scan of the test targets and prints.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eduardo Albesi
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:28 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Epson 1280 Now R1800
> 
> Thanks to epson policies, the 2200 or the 2400 have never been, and
> will not be, available here in Argentina. My budget does not allow
> the 3800 right now. The R1800 is about US$ 950 and the 3800 is $1900
> here.
> 
> I am currently using a HP Photosmart 9800, a very fast and cheap A3+
> printer which, thanks to its photo grayscale cartridges (HP Vivera
> inks) delivers truly astounding BW prints up to 11x17 with a
> wonderful tonal range. The ink cartridges however are really tiny,
> wich forces to use a new one after about 10/15 A3 prints. So I am
> looking at other printers with higher capacities cartridges and a BW
> printing capability at least as good as the cheap HP ( I paid way
> less than US $300 for it here one year ago, I think the USA price may
> be even half that)
> 
> So I want to ast to those R1800 users how would you rate Epson R1800
> BW results? Are they neutral or do they tend to have any color casts?
> Does it give good grayscale tonal range with the normal Epson inks?
> Do I need a separate RIP/Driver to obtain quality results?
> 
> I usually print the larger I can, 99% BW stuff. If I could, as I have
> said, I'd rather go for a 3800 or even a 4800, but that is out of
> question.
> 
> Any insight very very welcome
> 
> Ed
> 
> El 06/07/2007, a las 17:04, Aram Langhans#2 escribi?:
> 
> > Howard.  My 1280 is acting up and I was looking at the R1800. How
> > does it compare with the tried and true 1280?  Is there a noticible
> > improvement?  I am also thinking of the R1400 as a more direct
> > replacement for the 1280.  Does anyone have experience with the
> > 1400 compared to the 1280?  I have really liked my 1280.  Bought it
> > used about 4 years ago and it has been a very good printer.
> >
> > Aram
> >
> >> From: Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com>
> >> Subject: [Leica] Epson 1280 - the landfill
> >> To: lug@leica-users.org
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> >>
> >> On 6 Jul 2007, at 2:28 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
> >>
> >>> Message: 6
> >>> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:47:46 -0700 (PDT)
> >>> From: Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net>
> >>> Subject: [Leica] Epson 1280: New liquid diet, or the landfill?
> >>
> >> Dear Peter,
> >> I took my 1280 (called a 1290 in Asia) into Epson as it was losing
> >> colour accuracy and printing banding using Epson inks and the repair
> >> boys told me I had a) worn print heads and b) a problem with a
> >> circuit board. They said the cost of parts plus labour was about
> >> equal to a new R1800 and offered me a trade in for my old 1290 which
> >> I took. My 1290 was five years old and had seen moderate use. Based
> >> on my experience I think yours made be destined for the land fill.
> >> The 3800 was attractive but I don't think I print enough A2 sizes to
> >> justify the cost.
> >> Cheers
> >> Howard (now in Vancouver for the summer)
> >>
> >
> >
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