Hey Tony,
Just remember that the grass on the other side of the fence is sometimes . .
. just grass. Despite the constant gripes we all have about Epson, the HP
and Canon offerings haven't been around long, and I imagine that they are
both still scrambling to build the infrastructure needed to support their
new products. This link was posted on this forum recently. I'm reposting
it, not to criticize HP in any way - I'm thrilled there there is now some
competition, but just as a reminder that the latest and greatest can still
be fraught with problems. Note in the reader comments, that there are other
problems out there too.
http://photomusings.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/hp-z3100-support-woes/
Good luck.
Josh
On Dec 19, 2007 10:47 AM, Tony Sleep <TonySleep@...> wrote:
> It seems as if my Epson printers (1290, 1160), CIS systems, Piezo inks etc
> are all now fit only for the scrapheap. The 1290 needs another new head
> and the G4 inkset is well outclassed now, and the 1160 seems to need
> another cart/CIS set and replacement inks due to age, according to Cone,
> and just isn't worth it. Combined cost was a lot, and they have been
> plenty of trouble.
>
> I am now seriously thinking about replacing both with the HP Z3100GP
> 12-ink 24" with onboard profiling. From what I have seen these offer
> extremely good B&W on a wide variety of papers and surfaces with very low
> metamerism, and I have located one at a very good price (scarcely more
> than I spent on the previous printers, even without taking into account
> the vast amounts of wasted paper they achieved).
>
> I find metamerism in B&W inkjet very disturbing and unpleasant and in the
> past this drove me toward Cone products, but the limited paper choice and
> restricted DMax was a problem (and also supplies in UK after the demise of
> Mwords.co.uk)
>
> If anyone is using the Z3100 and living with it, I'd love to hear of any
> downsides that have escaped reviews. I've heard of occasional paper feed
> problems (I am likely to only use sheet feed), but not much else.
> --
> Regards
>
> Tony Sleep
> http://tonysleep.co.uk
>
>
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