Digital BW, The Print

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From: "wilfredm71047" <wilfredm@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 5:49 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Epson Stylus 4000


> Had almost made up my mind to purchase the 7600, and now the
4000
> shows up. Very tempting, as I only need 16 X 20 output. However
I am
> looking for others ideas as why or why not go with the 7600.
One
> thing I found very different in the specifications was that the
4000
> printhead life is 8.4 billion shots per nozzle. The 7600
printhead
> life is 28 billion shots per nozzle. While I realize that
numbers in
> the billions are extremly vast who knows how many times a
nozzle
> fires in the course of say a 16 x 20 print. The difference, at
any
> rate, represents a very much shorter nozzle life compaired to
the
> 7600.
>
> Also I have heard it both ways, "there is a stand available for
the
> 4000 and their is not a stand available". Anyone know for sure.

AFAIK there are 180 nozzles per colour on the 4000 and 94 per
colour on the 7600 so if those shots per nozzle are that exact
you can at least half the difference in lifetime based on the
nozzle quantity.

Ernst