Hi
Got a new 1430 directly from Epson, using a rebate offered by the manufacturer, for 269$. I'm in Canada.
As for Eb6, I started the new printer with a kit sold by InkSupply (this printer never printed a colour picture, I still have the original inks un packed). Bought both QTrip and QTR Print Tool (I'm on a Mac platform, and it is much easier to work with), printing is great, I'm having fun and the results are great.
My two bits, check your choice of paper; cheap papers will make bad prints.
Good luck
---In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, <lists@...> wrote:
I kind of guessed the 1430 was a warmed over 1400, but wasn’t certain. Happily they seem to be readily available for right around $300.
I’m in the Detroit area, but those are online prices – I can’t find anyone in the Detroit area that stocks the 1400. Best Buy, Staples, Office Max, etc. have the R2000, but it can’t easily use the EB6 inks.
All of my “normal” online sources for such things (Adorama, B&H, CDW, etc.) have no stock of the 1400 at all. The only ones I could find online were at places I’ve never heard of before (Matrix-BeyondTheRack, PixLaser, Genuine Discounters, eDirect, S.S.L, and others) with new prices running from $800 to $850 and refurbished prices running from $400 to $630.
Note that six months ago I could find them all over for ½ those prices.
Chuck
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Kachel
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:23 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 1430
With the discontinuance of the Epson 1400 and the recently skyrocketing prices of remaining new and refurbished units (best price I can find is $799 new or $400 refurbished … plus $20 shipping!), I was wondering if anyone has tried the EB6 inks in the 1430 that Epson lists as the replacement?
Unusually for Epson, the 1430 uses the same cartridges as the 1400 – Epson passed up a chance to obsolete old cartridges!
The 1400 and 1430 are the same printer, except for cosmetics and Wi-Fi.
Where do you live that prices are so outrageous?
David Kachel
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