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Subject: [Leica] Printer ink discontinued
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:24:41 -0500
References: <7D4BAEA8-2AB4-4A51-9FE1-EF49F1B54118@icloud.com> <6C638870-C799-469F-9B28-A3A607D1CAD9@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Thanks Chris.
Very helpful.

> On Sep 13, 2022, at 12:12, Christopher Crawford <chris at 
> chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> The 2200 was my first good printer. Bought it 20 years ago and wore it out 
> making prints for exhibition and sale. I replaced it with an r2400, which 
> I also wore out. By then, I was selling a lot more 16x20 prints, so I got 
> a P800. That's the predecessor to the P900 that Jayanand and Brian 
> recommended. My P800 is wonderful; the P900 should be at least as good. If 
> you don't mind the higher price for the 17" printer, it is worth the money.
> 
> One nice thing about Epson's 17" printers is that the waste tank is 
> user-changeable. Costs about $40 for a new one. When the waste tank on my 
> 2200 filled the first time, it cost me $160 to have it replaced by an 
> Epson Authorized Service Center (we actually had one in Fort Wayne back 
> then!). When it happened the second time, I replaced the printer. The 
> later printers are really a lot better than the 2200; the prints have a 
> lot less metamerism (meaning they don't change in appearance as much under 
> different light sources) and if you do B&W prints, the later models have 
> the Advanced B&W mode that makes gorgeous neutral or toned B&W prints that 
> are vastly superior to those that the 2200 made (and the 2200 wasn't bad 
> for B&W, just the newer inks are far better still).
> 
> I have a tutorial on using the B&W mode on the P800 that should work 
> identically on the P900 if you buy one (and you should).
> 
> https://youtu.be/kxkpJEzn8YM

George Lottermoser
george.imagist at icloud.com





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