[Leica] Re:

[Darrell Jennings <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com>]

Good luck Thomas.  I have had MANY problems getting my
Epson 3000 to work, but now that it is I love it
(still have one I am having trouble with).  There is a
lot of information that I could pass on to you if you
are going with the 3000 (cleaning the feet, banding,
etc.).  If you want to discuss, give me a call.  My
number is 215-588-7170.  I am on the East coast of the
U.S. DJ 
- --- Thomas_Mitchell@idx.com wrote:
> Many thanks Darrell, this is great info. 
> Unfortunately it makes decision
> making hard.  Right now, I shoot pretty much only
> B&W negs but I'll be
> sharing the digital darkroom with my mother who
> shoots landscapes mostly in
> color slides.  I was hoping to get by with a single
> printer but alas...
> 
> I like the idea of the 3000 with Piezotone.  I don't
> want to cripple my
> Leica glass with substandard printing.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Thomas
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>  To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us              
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>  Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson 2200?                   
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> Thomas, I can't talk specifically to the 2200, but I
> can talk to the inkset they use. I recently bought a
> 7600 which uses the same 7 ink set as the 2200...it
> does beautiful color prints, and pretty good black
> and
> white. However, I prefer my Epson 3000 with
> Peizotone
> inks for black and white and am only using the 7600
> for color. The Ultrachrome B&W prints on the 7600
> look
> like a print on RC paper, while the Peizotone prints
> look like a platinum print. So far I have only used
> the luster paper that came with the printer, so I
> may
> find that it looks better when I switch over to a
> different paper type.
> 
> Only drawbacks on the 7600 (which I expect are
> duplicated on the 2200) are:
> 
> 1. To change from glossy/luster to matte/watercolor
> paper, you have to purge the ink lines...all of
> them.
> Even though the only color that changes is the black
> ink.  There is no way to purge one ink line at a
> time.
>  So every time you change paper types will cost you
> about $100 in ink (it may be less on the 2200 since
> the ink lines are probably shorter). With this
> expense, If you change back and forth often you need
> to buy two printers.
> 
> 2. Epson is not shipping paper profiles with the
> 7600
> for Windows machines. Oddly they do for the
> Mac...And
> VERY oddly you can't take the Mac profiles and
> rename
> them and use them in a Windows PC...Photoshop just
> won't see them.  The printer works great on
> "Automatic" and makes beautiful prints, but I can't
> imagine a printer aimed at this market that doesn't
> have paper profiles.
> 
> Finally, as to your question on when Peizotone will
> be
> in the 7 ink set...no time soon.  I was told about a
> year. DJ
> 
> --- Thomas_Mitchell@idx.com wrote:
> > I've been waffling on digital vs wet darkrooms for
> a
> > while now but I've
> > finally settled on digital.  I'm thinking of
> > purchasing the Epson 2200 but
> > my local shop doesn't have one yet and doesn't
> seem
> > to clear on when they
> > will have one for eval...
> >
> > Has anyone on the list used this one yet.  I've
> seen
> > lots of comments on
> > the 2000 nut none on the 2200.  Also, does anyone
> > know if/when a Cone
> > inkset will be available since the 2200 takes 7
> > carts instead of the 6 for
> > the 2000?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Thomas
> 
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