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Re: Changeover costs on 4800

2005-06-06 by Scott Graham

No; the switch you describe is from photo black to matte black and vice versa.  Has nothing 
to do with color, but paper surface ("glossy, etc. vs matte)

Scott
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Davajon" <davajon@s...> wrote:
> Would someone who knows be so kind as to let us know what to expect in costs when 
> switching from color to black and white printing on the 4800?  I've read posts that state 
> that 94ml of ink is used when changing over.  The ink costs for a 220 ml cartridge is 
> about $90.00 so if we use 94ml in the change-over, we would consume about $38.00 
> each time we switched.  So if one is printing color and wants to print some B@W and then 
> return to Color, he would have to lose about $76.00!  Am I perceiving this correctly?  
> Joe Davajon

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