[Leica] question on paper profiling

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Ken,
Geoff is right - the additional ink you get with the 3800 is worth more than
the difference in price compared to 2400. When I was buying a printer Epson
were not selling the 3800 here in India, so I had to settle for the 2400.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

> Ken, really do your sums before you consider the 2400 over the 3800. I
> don't
> print bigger than 13x19 either, although it is nice to have the ability to
> go bigger if I want to, occasionally. I agree that the 2400 will do equally
> well in output quality. The big difference is in the amount of ink that
> comes with the printer. With the much larger ctgs that come with the 3800
> it
> is actually cheaper than the 2400 and the same amount of ink by quite a
> margin. Locally at least the amount of ink that comes with the 3800 is
> nearly 50% of the cost of the printer. Jayanand is talking about prices for
> the RIP that he uses of course. If you decide to get a new printer, you can
> use just the Epson software and/or Quadtone RIP (USD 50 I think) initially.
> Then you could decide if another (more expensive) RIP was warranted. I
> don't
> have any experience there.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman <lug-bounces%2Bhoppyman>=bigpond.net.au@
> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Ken Carney
> Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 09:35
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] question on paper profiling
>
> Thanks, Jayanand
>
> That is very interesting.  Perhaps I should rethink a little.  I don't
> print
> that large, and 13x19 is a good upper limit for me.  Plus, it can't be that
> much of a pain to switch out the black cartridges.
>
> Ken
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jayanand
> Govindaraj
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:25 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] question on paper profiling
> >
> > Ken,
> > IP have offered me an upgrade from ver 6 to ver 7 for US$ 247.50 (from
> > Epson
> > 1290 to R2400)
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to try to tap the intel of the LUG on this possibly OT
> > > question.  I am thinking about buying an Epson 3800.  Now I have an
> > Epson
> > > 2200 with ImagePrint 6.0, and an R1800 with custom profiles.  I like
> > > ImagePrint, and I see IP 7 for the 3800 is $900.  I have been looking
> at
> > > some hardware/software profiling solutions for not much more than that,
> > but
> > > have no experience with any of them.  Do any of you have experience
> with
> > > paper profiling solutions in that price range?  My thought is that with
> > my
> > > own profiling gear, I can create profiles for any printer/paper, for my
> > > printer as opposed to the printer the custom profile maker has.  Any
> > > thoughts appreciated!
> > >
> > > Ken
> > >
> > >
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