Digital BW, The Print

Hi Joost:

Buying used printers is a lot like buying used cars. There are a  
number of little things that can go wrong compared with buying a new  
printer.

I recommend considering the option purchasing a used 24" or wider  
printer to use as a trade-in for a new printer. Some companies are  
offering about $1000 for trade-ins, and they will often pay for the  
pick up of the old printer. If you can find a printer for $50-500 in  
your neighborhood that qualifies, that might be the best option. I  
would check the websites of Canon, Epson and HP to see current  
offerings.

The advantages of a new printer are: warranty (usually 1 year), a  
new, full set of inks, and generally much faster print speeds. The  
print speed is probably the biggest factor for me. The 9000 is still  
a great printer (if you can find one that works well after 6 years),  
but it is really slow. I still have one, and once you start using it,  
I think you'll agree.

Of course that assumes you like the look of the prints on the new  
printer using the full color inkset.

Just some food for thought.

All the best,

Andrew
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On Jul 1, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Tyler Boley wrote:

> My understanding was that the 9000 should have slightly better  
> image quality than the
> 9500... at any rate, a 4k+ inkset would do quite nicely in a 9000,  
> I've seen many
> wonderful quad prints by excellent workers made this way. A 6k  
> inkset would, of course,
> be optimal in terms of more photographic output from that model,  
> and would certainly
> give outstanding results.
> Just my opinion, but if one is happy with the hue provided by an  
> available inkset, the
> variable hue options are over rated. Many great darkroom workers  
> found something they
> liked and printed to that same look for decades. Personally, for my  
> work, I love to do
> subtle hue tweaks to my images, but often have second thoughts  
> seeing more and more 7
> and 7k output these days, particularly on different papers.
> Tyler
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joost  
> Horsten" <j.h.j.h@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Encouraged by your feedback I went out to buy the Epson 9500. But
> > alas... it was already sold :-(
> >
> > I've been looking further around and spotted a 9600 (no doubt a very
> > good printer, but they ask too much). I found a 9000 as well. All
> > comments given on the maintenance need on the 9500 apply here as  
> well
> > of course. So I am rather cautious...
> >
> > But apart from that, is this "antique" type of printer (6 inks,  
> fixed
> > 10 pl droplets) able to create high quality B&W prints? I expect  
> that
> > a 4K+ inkset is a no-go for this printer. But would a
> > Carbon/Eboni/Cone-6 give top-notch results? I am willing to give up
> > the toning/glossy capabilities of 4K+, but I am not pepared to  
> settle
> > with substandard print quality. Then I'd rather look around further
> > for another 9500 or a cheaper 9600.
> >
> > Joost
> >
>








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