Digital BW, The Print

Hi, currently use HP8750 for my printing, pretty happy with BW and 
Ilford papers. 
I follow Paul Roark's pages with interest. Would like to try full BW 
printing with MIS inks.
Problem is there is no epson R260 listed in Aus. Models available are,
C79, C87, R230, R390.
Is the R230 similar to R260 ?. The R390 would be an overkill as it 
does direct from memory card printing.
The R230 uses T0491 .. T0496 carts, any info would be most helpfull, 
Epson has used different model numbers for the same printers between 
Aus and USA before.

Ronald K. Johnson

Ronald K. Johnson wrote:
> Hi, currently use HP8750 for my printing, pretty happy with BW and 
> Ilford papers. 
> I follow Paul Roark's pages with interest. Would like to try full BW 
> printing with MIS inks.
> Problem is there is no epson R260 listed in Aus. Models available are,
> C79, C87, R230, R390.
> Is the R230 similar to R260 ?. The R390 would be an overkill as it 
> does direct from memory card printing.
> The R230 uses T0491 .. T0496 carts, any info would be most helpfull, 
> Epson has used different model numbers for the same printers between 
> Aus and USA before.

I believe the R230 is most similar to the R220, but set up for 
Australian power supply (240V instead of 110V).

If you search the list archives you'll find some previous discussions on 
this subject. From memory, while the printers are similar, they use 
cartridges with different part numbers (and possibly, therefore, 
different chips -- take care!)

Peter Marquis-Kyle
Brisbane

The C87 is equal to C88, R230 = R220 and finally R390 = R380.

Paul Roarke mentioned R260 is equal to the Asia Pacific model R270, 
which share the engine as R380 but w/o the LCD display and card 
reader.

Hope this helps.

John

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald K. 
Johnson" <vk5akj@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, currently use HP8750 for my printing, pretty happy with BW and 
> Ilford papers. 
> I follow Paul Roark's pages with interest. Would like to try full 
BW 
> printing with MIS inks.
> Problem is there is no epson R260 listed in Aus. Models available 
are,
> C79, C87, R230, R390.
> Is the R230 similar to R260 ?. The R390 would be an overkill as it 
> does direct from memory card printing.
> The R230 uses T0491 .. T0496 carts, any info would be most 
helpfull, 
> Epson has used different model numbers for the same printers 
between 

> Aus and USA before.
> 
> Ronald K. Johnson
>