Digital BW, The Print

Greetings,

Has anyone heard anything about the next release for Epson? Basically I 
am interested in a 3800 with 9 heads like their newest gigantic machine 
has. I am waiting for something like this before I move up from my 
R2400. The review at Luminous Landscape of the 11880 suggests that 
Michael feels this 9 head technology (meaning true dedicated mat and 
photo black heads and therefore no purging) will trickle down into 
their smaller machines quickly. Anybody reading anything in the tea 
leaves????

Scott

Scott Jones wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Has anyone heard anything about the next release for Epson? Basically I 
> am interested in a 3800 with 9 heads like their newest gigantic machine 
> has. I am waiting for something like this before I move up from my 
> R2400. The review at Luminous Landscape of the 11880 suggests that 
> Michael feels this 9 head technology (meaning true dedicated mat and 
> photo black heads and therefore no purging) will trickle down into 
> their smaller machines quickly. Anybody reading anything in the tea 
> leaves????
> 
> Scott

They have no other choice given the competition that has 
PK+MK on several models for 18 months now. The next question 
is whether they get gloss enhancer too like one of the 
competition has for 18 months. That cyclops head + virtual 
10th channel could have been used on the 11880 for that task 
instead of compromising the inks to get better gloss.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst


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I noticed on the Epson website, that they are offering a $100 rebate  
on the 2400 until Mar. 31st. I'm hoping that means exactly what  
you're hoping....

Barbara White
On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Scott Jones wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Has anyone heard anything about the next release for Epson?  
> Basically I
> am interested in a 3800 with 9 heads like their newest gigantic  
> machine
> has. I am waiting for something like this before I move up from my
> R2400. The review at Luminous Landscape of the 11880 suggests that
> Michael feels this 9 head technology (meaning true dedicated mat and
> photo black heads and therefore no purging) will trickle down into
> their smaller machines quickly. Anybody reading anything in the tea
> leaves????
>
> Scott
>

Barbara White Architectural Photograpphy
http://www.barbarawhitephoto.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Barbara White 
<barbara@...> wrote:

Considering that the heads for the little machines are pretty much 
identical to the big machines, it makes financial sense to use that 
head in the smaller printers. There is really nothing to prevent them 
from using the larger head in the desktop printers, and it even means 
more ink consumed because you will be purging one more cart with 
every cleaning. And we all know that ink and paper are where they 
make the real money.


>
> I noticed on the Epson website, that they are offering a $100 
rebate  
> on the 2400 until Mar. 31st. I'm hoping that means exactly what  
> you're hoping....
> 
> Barbara White
> On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Scott Jones wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Has anyone heard anything about the next release for Epson?  
> > Basically I
> > am interested in a 3800 with 9 heads like their newest gigantic  
> > machine
> > has. I am waiting for something like this before I move up from my
> > R2400. The review at Luminous Landscape of the 11880 suggests that
> > Michael feels this 9 head technology (meaning true dedicated mat 
and
> > photo black heads and therefore no purging) will trickle down into
> > their smaller machines quickly. Anybody reading anything in the 
tea

> > leaves????
> >
> > Scott
> >
> 
> Barbara White Architectural Photograpphy
> http://www.barbarawhitephoto.com
>