Digital BW, The Print

My year old Epson 2200 decided that it forgot how to feed paper reliably over the past couple of days.

Fortunately I bought the printer at CompUSA with a 2 year replacement warranty. CompUSA gave 100% of my original purchase price toward any other printer -- the R2400 was the obvious choice.

Man, what good fortune! I've read that it's a toss-up whether 2200 owners should upgrade to a 2400.

That's baloney.

If you can afford it, ditch the 2200 in favor for a 2400 immediately.

The 2400 is SUCH a better printer. Being able to print quality black & white directly from Photoshop is such a huge time saver -- no need for Qimage or QTRGui anymore. Less software between what I see on the screen and what appears on paper is nothing but a good thing in my book. My workflow has been enormously simplified overnight.

Not to mention that the prints come much, much faster and the noise level during printing is no comparison more quiet. And the darn thing just looks good.

Not doubt I have much to learn (and unlearn) to maximize the results I get from the R2400 but my out-of-the-box experience has made me completely forget my former printer.

Dave.
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David Keenan, ausdlk@... on 12/7/2005

Hello David,

>My year old Epson 2200 decided that it forgot how to feed paper
>reliably over the past couple of days.
>Fortunately I bought the printer at CompUSA with a 2 year replacement
>warranty. CompUSA gave 100% of my original purchase price toward any
>other printer -- the R2400 was the obvious choice.

This is EXACTLY what happened to me, except my 2200 paper feed
mechanism got sick with only 30 days left on the warranty - that's
cutting it close.  They honored the warranty with full value,
including sales tax, so I got the 2400 for a little over $100 (plus
tax, another warranty, etc).


>The 2400 is SUCH a better printer. Being able to print quality 
>black & white directly from Photoshop is such a huge time saver 
>-- no need for Qimage or QTRGui anymore. Less software between 
>what I see on the screen and what appears on paper is nothing but 
>a good thing in my book. My workflow has been enormously 
>simplified overnight.

Yes, yes, and yes.  Please have a look at the simple workflow I've
outlined on my web site.  It's article #9 at the link below.

 
>Not to mention that the prints come much, much faster and the noise
level during printing is no comparison more quiet. And the darn thing
just looks good.

Yes, yes, and yes, again. 

I was hesitant to give up the trusty 2200 for an unknown using color
inks, but once I figured it out was very happy I did.  The 2400 is a
really fine machine. 

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Clayton --

We sure seem to see eye-to-eye on the 2400 printer.

I (almost) never buy one those extended warranties but somehow I thought that it would be smart for something like a printer. In this case it worked out like dream for me. CompUSA literally asked me no questions and had the new printer pulled from the shelves and in a cart ready for me to check-out. I was impressed.

I studied your web site and have learned a lot from your experiences and writings. I will revisit your site (and others) now that I have the 2400 to learn how to better make use of it.

Thanks for being so generous with your know-how.

Dave.
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David Keenan, ausdlk@... on 12/8/2005

>Yes, yes, and yes.  Please have a look at the simple workflow I've
>outlined on my web site.  It's article #9 at the link below.

>Info on black and white digital printing at    
>http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Clayton --

Followed your suggestions for a 2400 workflow and jeepers the prints I just made are so much better then the ones I made yesterday.

I'm using Moab Kayenta with Eboni simulation settings.

But mostly the prints are much smoother then I was getting before.

Thanks very much for your reply to my posting to remind me of your site.

Dave.
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David Keenan, ausdlk@... on 12/8/2005

"no need for Qimage ..."

Are you serious?

QImage is THE printing program to use, no matter what printer you are 
using.

IMHO,

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Keenan 
<ausdlk@s...> wrote:
>
> My year old Epson 2200 decided that it forgot how to feed paper 
reliably over the past couple of days.
> 
> Fortunately I bought the printer at CompUSA with a 2 year 
replacement warranty. CompUSA gave 100% of my original purchase price 
toward any other printer -- the R2400 was the obvious choice.
> 
> Man, what good fortune! I've read that it's a toss-up whether 2200 
owners should upgrade to a 2400.
> 
> That's baloney.
> 
> If you can afford it, ditch the 2200 in favor for a 2400 
immediately.
> 
> The 2400 is SUCH a better printer. Being able to print quality 
black & white directly from Photoshop is such a huge time saver -- no 
need for Qimage or QTRGui anymore. Less software between what I see 
on the screen and what appears on paper is nothing but a good thing 
in my book. My workflow has been enormously simplified overnight.
> 
> Not to mention that the prints come much, much faster and the noise 
level during printing is no comparison more quiet. And the darn thing 
just looks good.
> 
> Not doubt I have much to learn (and unlearn) to maximize the 
results I get from the R2400 but my out-of-the-box experience has 
made me completely forget my former printer.

> 
> Dave.
> -- 
> David Keenan, ausdlk@s... on 12/7/2005
>