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Subject: [Leica] question on paper profiling
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu Jun 12 20:50:23 2008
References: <001801c8cce7$0008d670$6b01a8c0@dadquad> <20080613011157.CTF7964.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>

Ken my printer is about 15 months old. I have only just replaced two of the
carts. Zero problems with ink life here.

Cheers
Geoff
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-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Ken Carney
Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 11:12
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: RE: [Leica] question on paper profiling

Geoff,

Do you have any intel on the useful life of the ink once installed in the
3800?  I know it is a lot of ink ( a plus for the 3800), but there is some
concern about shelf life.  I seem to recall one post indicating that six
months was the limit for the ink, once installed.  I'm not sure I could
exhaust all the cartridges in six months.  Thx again.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:50 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] question on paper profiling
> 
> 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.


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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] question on paper profiling)
Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] question on paper profiling)