Digital BW, The Print

I'm about to spend some money servicing my 4800 and I'm wondering if 
there is any real preference for the 4880.  This is BW work only, and I 
am using Paul's warm carbon in the yellow position with K3 inks, so the 
color gamut is irrelevant.  Anything else? 

Thanks,
Walt

Walt;

There is the 3rd party ink issue to consider-do either the wide 
format chip resetter or the auto-reset chips work for the 4880? If 
not, you'll have to drain the 4880 yellow and refill with carbon ink 
until a solution comes up. Not sure that's a good enough reason to 
stick to older technology, but you be the judge.

Steve karafyllakis  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets" 
<odets@...> wrote:
>
> I'm about to spend some money servicing my 4800 and I'm wondering 
if 
> there is any real preference for the 4880.  This is BW work only, 
and I 
> am using Paul's warm carbon in the yellow position with K3 inks, so 
the 

> color gamut is irrelevant.  Anything else? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Walt
>

Steve-

Thanks.  I looked at the Epson part numbers and the yellow cart is 
the same number for the 4800 and 4880.  So I assumed that the same 
third party carts, chip setters, etc. would work.  But perhaps it is 
more complicated than that?

Walt



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
Karafyllakis" <stevekphoto@...> wrote:
>
> Walt;
> 
> There is the 3rd party ink issue to consider-do either the wide 
> format chip resetter or the auto-reset chips work for the 4880? If 
> not, you'll have to drain the 4880 yellow and refill with carbon 
ink 
> until a solution comes up. Not sure that's a good enough reason to 
> stick to older technology, but you be the judge.
> 
> Steve karafyllakis  
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets" 
> <odets@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm about to spend some money servicing my 4800 and I'm wondering 
> if 
> > there is any real preference for the 4880.  This is BW work only, 
> and I 
> > am using Paul's warm carbon in the yellow position with K3 inks, 
so 

> the 
> > color gamut is irrelevant.  Anything else? 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Walt
> >
>

Walt, hang on to the 4800, after all they're built like tanks and should
last for years even in a production environment.  There will be little, if
any, benefit in print quality from the upgrade and the increased gamut from
the new vivid magenta is of no benefit for B&W.

David Whistance

  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of wwodets
  Sent: 19 February 2008 16:47
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Preference for the 4880 over the 4800


  Steve-

  Thanks. I looked at the Epson part numbers and the yellow cart is
  the same number for the 4800 and 4880. So I assumed that the same
  third party carts, chip setters, etc. would work. But perhaps it is
  more complicated than that?

  Walt

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
  Karafyllakis" <stevekphoto@...> wrote:
  >
  > Walt;
  >
  > There is the 3rd party ink issue to consider-do either the wide
  > format chip resetter or the auto-reset chips work for the 4880? If
  > not, you'll have to drain the 4880 yellow and refill with carbon
  ink
  > until a solution comes up. Not sure that's a good enough reason to
  > stick to older technology, but you be the judge.
  >
  > Steve karafyllakis
  >
  >
  > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets"
  > <odets@> wrote:
  > >
  > > I'm about to spend some money servicing my 4800 and I'm wondering
  > if
  > > there is any real preference for the 4880. This is BW work only,
  > and I
  > > am using Paul's warm carbon in the yellow position with K3 inks,
  so
  > the
  > > color gamut is irrelevant. Anything else?
  > >
  > > Thanks,
  > > Walt
  > >
  >



  


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