Digital BW, The Print

Tom,

The R1900 is an odd ball so the odds that the website is wrong is more likely.
And sure the Epson rep reads the website just like anybody else.

The inks are the same: Gloss UltraChrome with no light inks.  There are QTR
users with both R1800 and R1900.  The drivers are identical.  There's just no
way for all this to work if it doesn't have 1.5pl drops.

Roy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Fielder" <tfielder@...> wrote:
>
> Paul et al -
>  
> With referencee to the 1.5 picoliter drop of the 1900:  It turns out that
> the USA version of the 1900 has a 3.0 picoliter drop while the overseas EU
> version has a 1.5 picoliter drop ---- two different print heads on the same
> model number printer.    The Epson UK web site notes that the R1900 is
> "1.5pl (minimum) with Variable-sized Droplet Technology with Ultra Micro
> DotT."  On the other hand, the Epson USA site states "Our Advanced
> MicroPiezo print head with AMC (Advanced Meniscus Control) is at the core of
> the Epson Stylus Photo R1900. This permanent, high-performance print head
> can create variable sized droplets as small as 3.0 picoliters and place them
> with incredible precision."   See:
> 
>  
> <http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=y
> es&infoType=TiD&oid=63073901&category=Products>
> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye
> s&infoType=TiD&oid=63073901&category=Products
> 
> Curiosity got me so I called Epson.   While the model number is R1900 for
> both countries, the serial numbers and cartage numbers are different in the
> UK compared to the USA/Canada serial numbers and cart numbers.  Epson uses
> different print heads in each country.  As the Epson tech told me, you're
> better off with the UK model but then you have to order from the UK and
> you'll have different carts.  
> 
> Tom
>