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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Which Printer should I get?

2005-02-21 by Steve Kale

I believe Clayton may be referring to when one wants to use inks different
from the Epson inks eg swapping back and forth between a dedicated B&W setup
and colour.  I agree re the 1800.


> From: Peter Palmieri <pcpalmieri@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:07:06 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Which Printer should I get?
> 
> 
> Yes, you are wrong about the 4000. It senses what paper is going to be used
> and chooses photo black or matte black automatically. It has eight cartridges
> installed and these will do a lot of printing before being exhausted. The 2200
> requires to change cartridges depending on the paper being used. The 4000 is a
> little quirky in the way it handles loading paper except for paper loaded in
> its tray. While each use the same inks, one would think that the prints would
> be of equal quality from both. Not true as the 4000 produces better prints
> than my 2200 (which I just sold) and the 7600 which I still own. If I were
> going to print no larger than 13" wide prints then I would wait for the 1800,
> which should be available in a month or two.
> 
> Peter
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Clayton Jones
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 4:28 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Which Printer should I get?

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