Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jeff,

>If you shop around you can get the carts for a lot less than $15. 

Thanks, I'll have a look around, although I hope to not be using these
inks for too long.


>If you do a good amount of printing (sounds like you do) you would 
>be far better off with a Epson 4800. Sure it cost $1,000 more up 
>front but right off the bat it comes with about $400 more of ink, 
>so its really about $600 more up front. If you do the math the 
>additional cost of the 4800 pays for itself in ink savings in 
>pretty short order. Then you are left with a better printer with 
>lower operating costs and the option of making bigger prints.

All true, and I've thought about it.  But, as with the 2200, I'll
probably be doing lots of experimenting.  Between BO, various UT7
formulas and QTR/2K experiments, I was swapping carts frequently. 
With these small carts it's quick and low loss, while a 4800 is more
costly.  That, plus the space and size issues, it just doesn't add up
for me.

 
>...questions about the printers capabilities the r2400 is less of 
>a gamble.

I don't think of it as a gamble so much.  Besides, what other choices
are there?  Sooner or later we're all going to be using the modern
printers.  Might as well dive in and figure out how to use it.  I
think the 2400 will be hugely popular and all sorts of 3p products
will appear for it.  I just wish the BO option had been kept.  I could
put some Eboni in it and continue doing what I was doing.  I don't
like having to practically start all over finding new solutions, but I
don't have much choice.  

At least I can make nice prints on VFA in the meantime.  They really
are quite pretty.  I prefer a cooler tone, and these resemble my
Eboni/Merlin Smooth prints which has been one of my favorite
combinations.  They are just a tad warmer, but not as warm as
Eboni/PR, and have excellent dmax and luminance.  I can live with it
while I figure out something else.  I suspect I'll have an intimate
relationship with QTR <g>.


Regards,
Clayton


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