[Leica] question on paper profiling

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Geoff,

Do you have any intel on the useful life of the ink once installed in the
3800?  I know it is a lot of ink ( a plus for the 3800), but there is some
concern about shelf life.  I seem to recall one post indicating that six
months was the limit for the ink, once installed.  I'm not sure I could
exhaust all the cartridges in six months.  Thx again.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:50 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] question on paper profiling
> 
> Ken, really do your sums before you consider the 2400 over the 3800. I
> don't
> print bigger than 13x19 either, although it is nice to have the ability to
> go bigger if I want to, occasionally. I agree that the 2400 will do
> equally
> well in output quality. The big difference is in the amount of ink that
> comes with the printer. With the much larger ctgs that come with the 3800
> it
> is actually cheaper than the 2400 and the same amount of ink by quite a
> margin. Locally at least the amount of ink that comes with the 3800 is
> nearly 50% of the cost of the printer. Jayanand is talking about prices
> for
> the RIP that he uses of course. If you decide to get a new printer, you
> can
> use just the Epson software and/or Quadtone RIP (USD 50 I think)
> initially.
> Then you could decide if another (more expensive) RIP was warranted. I
> don't
> have any experience there.