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

2003-11-21 by Jeff Magidson

Mark;

I guess it depends on what kind kind of color inks you are going to run 
with in the 2000p. With the Epson OEM inks the resulting prints suffer 
from major metamerism. That is the biggest fault I find with the 2000p.

- Jeff




On Friday, November 21, 2003, at 06:15 PM, Mark Hahn wrote:

> 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.
>
> thanks,
>
> mark

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