Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]you can also convert an epson 1280 to a pure bw printer for cheap and i mean cheap. the ink and cartridges are very inexpensive and the results are just excellent. there is also a sharware rip you can use with the 1280 and bw ink set. www.inksupply.com www.harrington.com/QuadTonePC.html On 5/16/05, B.D. Colen <bd_colen@harvard.edu> wrote: > The 8750 color print, which uses a 9 ink system, should actually be an > improvement over the 8450 - and the black and white is said to be the same. > The question now is not whether the HP is good enough, but whether the new > Epson is as good or better in terms of black and white. If the Epson is as > good as the HP, and offers more paper choices, it may prove to be the > winner. But then comes the question of ink consumption and ink price. And > as > you note, the 8450 really sucks up the ink. > > On 5/16/05 10:37 AM, "mcyclwritr@comcast.net" <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > > Another possibility for b&w and color printing up to 13" x 19" is the > > nine-ink > > HP 8750. I am not recommending it over any Epson printer. Just > > mentioning it > > because I saw it advertised for the first time in this weekend's Office > > Depot > > flyer (Denver) at $499.00. Which is either full list price or street > > price, > > depending on whether you buy into the street-price, phantom discount > > pricing > > scam. > > > > Pricing strategy suspicions aside, it should do b&w as well as the HP > > 8450. > > And given my 8450's prodigious ink consumption per print, you probably > > ought > > to buy some HP stock just to feel better about your ink bill. > > > > -Chris Lawson > > > > > >> If any of you are using your Leica's to shoot black and white (or > >> colour for > >> that matter), you will be pleased to know of the new Epson line of > >> replacement > >> printers coming soon. Joseph Holmes has published an extensive review > >> of the > >> 9800 model due out this fall. According to his tests, DMAX of 2.45 is > >> possible > >> while he mentions that Ansel Adams prints were DMAX 2.30. That is quite > >> an > >> achievement. The link is here, > >> > >> http://www.josephholmes.com/news.html > >> > >> > >> Looks like a great group of printers coming with the new Ultrachrome K3 > >> inkset. > >> > >> Good reading, > >> > >> Scott Gregory > >> London, Ontario > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad