Digital BW, The Print

JensGerbitz wrote:
> I wonder if the fact that the new 80ml cartridges are pressurized will
> delay the introduction of refillable carts.  Seems like a whole new
> ball game for 3rd party vendors.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jens

On the 7800 and 9800 models it didn't take much time to get 
the knowledge to refill the pressurized carts. Building on the 
method we used to fill the pressurized 10000 carts before 
that. But it is correct that it took a long time before the 
10000 carts were copied and as far as my experience goes the 
Epson 10K carts are still better.

Paul, the 4800 has no pressurized carts, they are the 
7600-9600 carts.

Compared to the 50$ prices of the new HP Vivera 130 ml carts 
and 75$ for two 130 ml carts I have to say that I find the 
3800 carts 80 ml expensive, and compared to the K3 110 and 220 
ml carts they are expensive too. Looks like you have to pay 
the price of a cheaper 17" printer in cart cost.

The best of this printer must be in the print quality control, 
new weaving, the use of one profile for all resolutions, the 
claim that you can't tell how the print was made. For the rest 
the specs do not impress me if compared to the new 
competition. The automatic black ink swap isn't as nice as the 
extra head on the Canon iPF 5000.




Ernst
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