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 believe the others are using the 3000 for B&W work. Correct me if I am wrong...not color? Steve Darrell Jennings wrote: >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 > > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html