Digital BW, The Print

At 10:45 AM 5/6/2005, you wrote:
> > Read a good article on the cost
> >of digital photography and the cost of the software was the smaller
> >cost vs printing, ink, paper, etc.
>
>No question, I spent more on ink for my 2200 in the first couple weeks I had
>it than the Photoshop upgrade costs. Also saw an interesting analysis
>recently showing that the additional cost of the 4000 vs the 2200 is more
>than reocouped, and pretty quickly, through reduced ink costs.


You got a newbie here who's considering the 2200 but held off to see what 
the 1800 is about but now I hear the loud rumor of a 2200 upgrade (maybe 
2400) so I'm waiting to see what gives there.

Your comment about the cost offset because of the price of inks inspired me 
to see what I could find on the subject. It appears that the money saving 
comes in because of the size of the print cartridge on the 4000 (110 
-220ml) compared to the tiny cartridges on2200.. An economy of scale.  This 
is .50 a square foot for the 4000 as opposed to 2.00-2.50 a square foot for 
the 2200.  ( 
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/epson4000.html#7600_4000_comparison ). I 
had just been looking at a CIS for about $269 at Ink Republic another $100 
would get you 8 - 100ml 
inks  (http://www.inkrepublic.com/ProductDetail.asp?item=2200 ) after the 
initial purchase. Would this be the economy of scale the 4000 would give 
you?  By the way I'm rather mistrusting of such cheap ink prices.

At $239 is it possible to get a reliable CIS


Peace

Roy