Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Steve, I really appreciate the time you've taken to respond clearly.
Thanks to everyone that replied as well. I've thought of the 3800 as an
option but lacking roll paper feeds and the "lighter" build is pushing me
towards the 4800. I've been using a 4000 for 3 years with no troubles so
really looking forward to K3 inks in a platform as sturdy as that printer.

 

It sounds like proper planning of printing styles may be the key to
economical (relatively) ink usage. That or having two machine running at
once.

 

Alan

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Kale
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:55 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Switching black inks - Epson 4800

 

It does the cleaning after instructing you to put the proper carts back in.

I can't remember how much ink is used. I seem to recall circa 80ml of ink
but perhaps someone else has a better memory.

> From: Alan Kearney <alan_kearney@ <mailto:alan_kearney%40sbcglobal.net>
sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:13:35 -0700
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Switching black inks - Epson 4800
> 
> I sorry Steve but I'm still confused. You said the left side doesn't
> dump ink, only the K line. Then you say the printer does an
> "extensive cleaning cycle" and a lot of ink of "all lines" are used.
> Does this happen AFTER you remove the dummies from the left side of
> the printer? Or do you mean the cycle flushes the RIGHT side of the
> printer along with the K line?? And at what cost in ink if you can
> estimate?
> 
> Thanks, Alan
> 

 



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