I have a 4800 and picked up a used 2200. Any Epson printer offering the
current ABW printing options with a K3 ink set would be hard to beat. If you
have one printer and want to get the most out of it, a 2400 would be the
price point for you.
$$ and cents allowing, use any old 2200 for BO ink set and have fun.
Eric
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street
Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
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> elwood@...
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 5:33 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
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> If it were me I would get the 2400 and not look back. The K3 inkset does a
> great job with the Epson printdriver and is absolutely robust when
> compared to the 2200. Even Jeff Schewe admits to the 2200 being one of the
> lemons in the Epson pie. I have had both and love the 2400. Reliable and
> consistent
>
> Woody Spedden
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: tom_email69 <tom_email69@...>
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2008 7:50:18 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
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> Lawrence,
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> I'm sure you will get a lot of good answers to your questions
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> here. Another good source is the Feb 2008 (current issue) of
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> Shutterbug Magazine. This entire issue is devoted to B&W Photography.
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> The article "A New B&W Inkjet Option" by David Brooks (whom I hold
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> in high regard)discusses setting up some Epson printers to be able to
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> print B&W using carbon inks and still use them a full time color printers.
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> Hope you find this useful! - Tom
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com, "Lawrence Beals"
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> > I have an odd sort of dilemma here. I have a new in the box (only
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> > opened for inventory) Epson 2200 that I bought before the Navy decided
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> > to re-prioritize my life. Now that I am retired I am looking to get
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> > back into photography full time - I think the term is "selfishly
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> > employed". Most of what I have shot in the past couple of years has
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> > been split between weddings/portraits (which the printing for is
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> > handled mostly off site) and personal projects, mostly B&W landscapes
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> > and astrophotography.
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> > So should I break out the 2200 or ebay it to someone who already has a
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> > 2200 workflow in place and buy a R2400 - especially since the local
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> > CompUSA has a bunch of R2400s and they are going out of business.
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> > Realistically, I would rather be out shooting than tweaking my
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> > printers. After spending 26 years doing nuclear power (and computer
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> > networking etc as a collateral duty) I am sure I can handled the tech
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> > side of things but would just rather be out shooting than slaving over
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> > a hot printer all day. I do want the ability to produce a print that
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> > is acceptable for gifting and hanging personally on site.
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> > If I stay with the 2200 should I convert it right from the start to a
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> > B&W inkset or just play with the OEM inksets until I sort of the
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> > inevitable tech issues. I am using a MacPro desktop, but mostly
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> > directly booted into Win XP along with CS3 and Lightroom.
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> > thoughts?
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> > Lawrence
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> > --
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> > --
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> > Bear AKA Lawrence Beals
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> > "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
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> -Thoreau
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> > PIG DEAD. SOLDIER ON.
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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
2008-01-05 by Eric Neilsen