Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 6/6/06 10:28:03 PM, doxxdesign@... writes:
> 
> 
> > The HP 8750 seems to get great reviews and I looked at sample b&w
prints at 
> > B&H here in
> > NYC today, which looked great.
> > 
> > I'm looking to print on luster/semigloss papers (a buddy of mine
prints with 
> > an Epson 4800
> > on Museo Silver Rag and I love the results, but the Epson
2400/4800 are out 
> > of my $$ range)> > 
> 
> Think: total cost of owership. If the 4800 is out of your price
range than a 
> couple hundred 13x19 prints on the HP 8750 are out of your price
range as 
> well, since the cost of that printer, and enough ink to print that
many B&W 
> images, will exceed the cost of a 4800! HP B&W is very expensive. I
believe it was 
> Keith Krebs who was figuring it at about five bucks per 13x19 print,
given that 
> you only get a few images that size from a gray cart.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Division
> DataColor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com

I obviously can't speak for anyone else, but I think I'm getting
rather better economy from my HP 8750.  And, regarding one aspect of
printing economy, one of the things I haven't had to worry about so
far are blown print jobs due to clogging or banding – haven't had any
issues since purchasing the printer last December. Output quality,
both for black-and-white and color, is highly satisfying to my eyes,
which is a good thing, as this printer replaced both an Epson 2200 and
1160.

Yes, an Epson 4800 offers better print economy than an 8750; name a
13x19" printer that DOESN'T come out a distant second to a 4800 in
that regard. (HP's upcoming B9180 printer might up-end that formula a
bit with its larger-than-normal ink carts...it's more like a miniature
4800 than a typical A3+ format printer).  And, at the price I paid for
my printer – $362, shipped – it might take a while to chew up enough
ink to have gotten myself a 4800 (which, incidentally, was my initial
choice before other matters intervened). The 8750 is merely another
viable option among a (thankfully) growing number of truly turnkey
printing options for someone serious about her or his work.


- Barrett