Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

RE: [Digital BW] Re: Staples has Epson 2000 refurbs for $199.00

2003-11-21 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Mark Hahn [mailto:markhahn2000@...]
>
> I've been trying to sort this out myself... the price is soooo
> compelling and it would be nice to have an archival color printer to
> go with my quadtone 1160.  Anyone using a 2000p for color?  The bad
> press seemed more geared for glossy paper while I found good press
> with matte paper.  Anyone have more details?  If it is more an issue
> of Epson not telling people that the inks don't work with glossy
> papers it might be a minor point for me.  Hey, even the 2200 doesn't
> do great job on glossy paper IMO.

It's got some metamerism problems, and although that's of course worst with
B&W images (using color ink), it shows up in color images, too. It's
probably best as a print engine for use with 3rd party inks.

--

Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.