Digital BW, The Print

Right. At least that's the "official" reason. My cynical evil twin
realizes that individual chipped carts also makes it much harder (more
expensive) to manufacture CIS units and 3rd party carts.
 
Lloyd
 

-----Original Message-----
From: KAPTJON [mailto:kaptjon@...] 
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:44 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2200 (Was: You want deep black?)


Nevertheless, one of the ideas of separate ink cartridges is to save
money and 
ink?


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Lloyd O'Daniel"
<lodaniel@b...> wrote:
> Jim,
>  
> The Epson Store is listing 2200 carts at $10.76 each with free
shipping.
> Presumably, discounters will be less than that once the initial
feeding
> frenzy subsides. I actually expected these carts to be more than that.
I
> found some ink consumption data on the UK site based on printing an
> actual photograph. I haven't seen the photo, so I don't know how
typical
> it is. The printer had a wide variation in consumption: Lt blk only
did
> 74 8x10's...one of the primaries did over 400. I assume this means the
> printer leans on the grey ink instead of CMY for neutrals to avoid
> metamerism. Based on this data and $10.76 per cart, I calculated 8x12
> ink cost at $0.64 and full-bleed 13x19 at $1.66. Not great by CIS
> standards, but far better than 2000P or 12x0 using OEM, from what I've
> heard and read on the lists. (I now use 1160 and 1200 which have been
> CIS'd from day one, so I don't know for sure.)
>  
> Lloyd
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jimhayes361 [mailto:jimhayes@j...] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:54 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2200 (Was: You want deep black?)
> 
> 
> Epson wouldn't tell me, said I had to wait for release date. Cost of 
> each cart is an issue too. I know that the 7600 pro version uses 110ml

> carts that cost about $70 each...x7<groan>. The street price IS 
> $700...that is if you can find a waiting list for one<g>.
> Jim H.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
> <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > 
> > Also, does anybody know the size of the individual tanks?
> > 
> > Jerry
> > 
> > > I hear late July.  List is supposedly $699 but has anyone have any
> > > idea of a "street" price yet?
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > >  Richard



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