[Leica] Printer ink discontinued

[George Lottermoser]

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
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