[Leica] Infrequent printer selection?

[charcot at comcast.net (charcot)]

I say stick with what works.  I just got one of the refurbished Epson  
3800 for a song from Epson and now that I have figured a few things  
out it works like a charm.    I have an epson 1280 with MIS inks but  
it would require at least 30 minutes of head cleaning each time I  
would use it ( once a month) which I put up with until I couldn't.  My  
Epson 960 does nice color and so/so BW but only for 8 x 11.

My only problem is trying to sell or give away my other printers :)    
I emailed several arts workshops and when they get around to emailing  
me back they usually tell me that they aren't set up to take donations  
( except with dead presidents on them).

ernie
On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:59 AM, David Rodgers wrote:

> As much as I want to get a larger printer (and I may get one soon)  
> I've
> had great luck with my aging R800. I bought it several years ago and
> immediately purchased refillable carts and 4oz bottles of ink from  
> MIS.
> It's really been a workhorse printer, capable of printing regular docs
> to high quality photos from 4x6 to 8X10. (I mail order anything  
> bigger.
> I print hundreds of 5x7s, which for some reason is my favorite size
> print)
>
> After struggling with a lot of previous printers using all types of  
> inks
> and even several CIS systems I got lucky with the R800. The only  
> problem
> I've had is that not too long ago the printer wouldn't print. It  
> turned
> out that one of the chips on the refillable carts was bad. I  
> replaced it
> with a chip from an empty Epson OEM cart that came with the printer  
> and
> I still had. Much to my surprise I was able to reset the OEM chip.
>
> The R800 runs cleaning cycles if it stands idle for a time. That uses
> ink, but no big deal with refillable carts. I think the whole packages
> of inks, carts and chips was just over $100. That included extra black
> ink, glop, and carts for printing quadtone B&W. I still haven't used a
> complete bottle of ink yet, though a couple are getting low.
>
> I've never had a problem with clogging. I've refilled the carts at  
> least
> a dozen times. I fill two or three at a time, as they get low. It  
> takes
> about 10 minutes. That includes cleanup and running cleaning cycles.  
> The
> ink in a cart lasts one to three months depending on how much I print.
> The only downside is that with newly filled carts I need to wait a few
> hours before the test pattern is perfect to print photos. Running more
> cleaning cycles doesn't work. Just waiting overnight seems to do the
> trick.
>
> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mark at rabinergroup.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 4:21 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Infrequent printer selection?
>
> I use my Epson 3800 to print my documents every day. Readouts. Movie
> reviews. This keeps my carts fresh as an Irish breeze.
> You can print docs at a very low rez setting so it doesn't use very  
> much
> pigment at all. I use a medium setting though. I like nice docs. I  
> also
> use
> above average document paper. Every 4 or 5 months I need a new  
> cartridge
> it
> seems. That's 60 bucks. But I also have prints to show for it on rag
> paper.
> Printed at the best settings.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
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