Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the info, it is very helpful as I was tring to get a fix on 
the 2200 vs 7600 ink costs and this helps a lot. Why the Epson sales 
folks wouldn't tell me anything until release and you found it in the 
online Epson store is a mystery to me<g> but I'm glad you found it.
Jim H.




--- 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
>  
>