Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not sure if I am looking at the same printer, but in viewing the Epson web site, the 3000 has a list price of $995 (seems like a refurbished machine would be a lot less than $900 if we are talking about the same machine), and does not say that it accepts archival inks. It also is only a four color vs. six for the 2000. Am I looking at the one you are referring to? Any thoughts on how the four vs. six (or now with the 2200, seven) color machines work? - --- Andrew Moore <dmm@bronze.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: > > > >A question for all. Does anyone other than Epson > make > > >a high quality archival printer for under $2000 > that > > >makes prints of at least 11X14? > > > > Jon Cone has said that the 3000 is the perfect > printer for Piezography. It > > is a big, workhorse of a printer and can do prints > larger than 11x14. I > > bought my two refurbished on EBay for $900 apiece > and have never had any > > problems with either one. They have huge ink > cartridges so you don't need > > the Continuous Ink System. All kinds of archival > inks in both black and > > white and color are available for the 3000. > > I finally decided on the 3000 mainly due to the > larger format (it will > print full 16 x 21 (i.e. none of that space taken up > by white borders), > and as tina mentioned the big cartridges are nice. > I was also glad to see > that the cartridges are individual ones, not one > conglomerate cartridge > containing all four colors. That way when one color > runs out I'm not > forced to throw all of them away together. > > Now I'm just awaiting the correct piezo CD -- should > arrive today -- (they > sent me the wrong one) and I'll finish up the > tests/flushing/etc. and > tonight I'll hopefully run my first print. > > Clear some space on the desktop; the printer is just > over 2.5 feet wide! > > I've heard complaints about the "pizza wheel tracks" > and the mechanism > that feeds the paper through (sometimes doesn't push > it through very well > and as a result the image gets compressed a bit) -- > but I have yet to > determine if this is myth or reality. Pizza wheel > problem is easy to fix > (remove them, plenty docs on the net about this). > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html