Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That may well be true, all I said was that you still do waste ink. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > I do see that you are correct, however, if I understand the specs and > reviews correctly, the loss is less than 25% of what is was with the x800 > series printers. > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Even if you do not have to physically swap the cartridges, you still have > > to get the wrong type of black ink out of the pipeline leading to the > print > > head within the printer, so the printer flushes out one type of black > ink, > > and replaces it with the other. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I don't think the newer Epsons have this problem. They have enough > > > positions for both inks on the printer itself so there's nothing to > swap. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > > jayanand at gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Lew, > > > > They do flush all the pipes though, when they change black inks, > which > > > they > > > > have to, so you still lose a fair amount of ink. I have an Epson > R3885 > > > > (R3880 in the USA) and have no complaints at all, either about > quality > > or > > > > operation. The only downside with this particular model is that it > does > > > not > > > > have the facility to use paper in rolls, only cut sheets. It is an A2 > > > sized > > > > printer, and the ink cartridges are sufficiently large (80ml). Very > > > highly > > > > recommended. > > > > Cheers > > > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Also research your paper/ink options. The newest Epsons don't > require > > > you > > > > > to switch inks in and out as you mover to and from matte vs glossy > > > > papers. > > > > > The swaps are expensive and time consuming. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Richard Man < > > > > richard at richardmanphoto.com > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Just like IBM, you can't go wrong buying Epson. Considering the > > cost > > > of > > > > > > your optic, I'd go for a 3800 class machine to match. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at > > > > > > sympatico.ca> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > My R1800 is starting to streak more and more. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes, it prints fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes (ie. some days, like today) it doesn't. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We use it sometimes for just BW text printing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it time to say adios to it, and buy a better printer? What > is > > a > > > > > better > > > > > > > printer? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does Canon have a good one? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...Vick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > > > > > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > -Lew Schwartz > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -Lew Schwartz > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > -Lew Schwartz > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >