Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/14/07 11:22 AM, "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote: > 1. I do a lot of B&W, so my printer must print B&W well. A later Epson > printer (designed for pigmented ink) with either its own grayscale inks or > MIS would be OK. But I'm not wedded to Epson if another company has a > better solution. > > 2. I just want the printer to work. If I send it a profiled grayscale > file, and tell it to print grayscale, it should produce a print that looks > like what I see on my profiled monitor. Ditto color. I understand that > perfection requires customization. But I don't want to have to spend > weeks tweaking curves and profiles just for decent basic performance. > > 3. A printer wider than letter-size is nice, but it's not an absolute > requirement. I rarely print bigger than 8.5 x 11. If the best printer > for me has a letter-sized carriage, I can always outsource the few big > prints I do per year. On the other hand, if a bigger printer means bigger > cartridges that don't need changing as often, that might be better. Cost > of consumables matters, too. > > 4. The high-end, $1000-plus printers are really not an option. I don't > print enough to justify them, just as I didn't print enough to justify > cartridge refilling or a continuous flow system. So we're talking a $100 > - $800-ish printer. The r2400 works great for me - I use the MIS inks and don't have clogging problems. The refills make printing so much cheaper than epson's and they are pretty convenient to just whip out an empty, fill it up (5 min) and replace it and keep printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w a d e h e n i n g e r u s e r e x p e r i e n c e a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c