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Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson 2000P, An update and another ?
From: Steve <smhickel@iserv.net>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 21:44:07 -0400
References: <20020509164827.53797.qmail@web11103.mail.yahoo.com>

I believe the others are using the 3000 for B&W work. Correct me if I am 
wrong...not color?

Steve

Darrell Jennings wrote:

>I'm not sure if I am looking at the same printer, but
>in viewing the Epson web site, the 3000 has a list
>price of $995 (seems like a refurbished machine would
>be a lot less than $900 if we are talking about the
>same machine), and does not say that it accepts
>archival inks.  It also is only a four color vs. six
>for the 2000.  Am I looking at the one you are
>referring to?  Any thoughts on how the four vs. six
>(or now with the 2200, seven) color machines work?  
>
>
>--- Andrew Moore <dmm@bronze.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
>  
>
>>>>A question for all.  Does anyone other than Epson
>>>>        
>>>>
>>make
>>    
>>
>>>>a high quality archival printer for under $2000
>>>>        
>>>>
>>that
>>    
>>
>>>>makes prints of at least 11X14?
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Jon Cone has said that the 3000 is the perfect
>>>      
>>>
>>printer for Piezography.  It
>>    
>>
>>>is a big, workhorse of a printer and can do prints
>>>      
>>>
>>larger than 11x14.  I
>>    
>>
>>>bought my two refurbished on EBay for $900 apiece
>>>      
>>>
>>and have never had any
>>    
>>
>>>problems with either one.  They have huge ink
>>>      
>>>
>>cartridges so you don't need
>>    
>>
>>>the Continuous Ink System.  All kinds of archival
>>>      
>>>
>>inks in both black and
>>    
>>
>>>white and color are available for the 3000.
>>>      
>>>
>>I finally decided on the 3000 mainly due to the
>>larger format (it will
>>print full 16 x 21 (i.e. none of that space taken up
>>by white borders),
>>and as tina mentioned the big cartridges are nice. 
>>I was also glad to see
>>that the cartridges are individual ones, not one
>>conglomerate cartridge
>>containing all four colors.  That way when one color
>>runs out I'm not
>>forced to throw all of them away together.
>>
>>Now I'm just awaiting the correct piezo CD -- should
>>arrive today -- (they
>>sent me the wrong one) and I'll finish up the
>>tests/flushing/etc. and
>>tonight I'll hopefully run my first print.
>>
>>Clear some space on the desktop; the printer is just
>>over 2.5 feet wide!
>>
>>I've heard complaints about the "pizza wheel tracks"
>>and the mechanism
>>that feeds the paper through (sometimes doesn't push
>>it through very well
>>and as a result the image gets compressed a bit) --
>>but I have yet to
>>determine if this is myth or reality.  Pizza wheel
>>problem is easy to fix
>>(remove them, plenty docs on the net about this).
>>
>>
>>
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