Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi David, I don't have anything to contribute just now, except to let you know that I'm still using a 3000, and will follow this thread with great interest. At the moment I'm still using it with standard color inks, but I really want to go to a six ink (at least) printer for color, so I've been looking at the quadtone possibilities. Have you tried, or researched, any of the other candidates, such as (I think) Luminos and Lysonic? --Eric On Mar 13, 2005, at 11:52 AM, David Rodgers wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the MIS Ultratone > inks. I have an Epson 3000, which I really love. I've used it with > Piezo (now sundance) quadtone inks for several years but my ink stock > is just about gone. > I'm trying to decide if. there's a better quadtone alternative for the > 3000. I'm reluctant to go the Piezotone route. Just after I'd stocked > up on "perfect" ink, inkjet mall came up with a new "perfect" ink, > and began to talk about the flaws in the old perfect ink. Even though > I understand how marketing works, it still left a bad taste in my > mouth. Plus, it's about $500 to upgrade -- inks and new driver -- and > I'm not sure the results are any better than I'd get with the MIS inks > $200. I understand the MIS inks work with the Epson driver. > > I'm considering a completely new printer; Epson 4000, R1800 or HP. But > the 3000 has been a very dependable printer. I know it well. Still > prints great. I don't want to throw it out. Especially since I'm not > sure a new printer would be a noticable improvement in output. I'm > looking at this in terms of bw printing only. I have a Canon i9900 > that I use for color. I'm not sure there are many 3000 users left. But > I'd appreciate any and all feedback. > > Thanks > Dave > > PS. Don't know if this makes a difference, but my printing volume is > not consistent. In a given month I may print a lot. But then I'll got > for a month or two without printing. One of the things that I really > like about the 3000 is that I never have a problem with it, regardless > of inks, regardless of volume. The 8 or so other printers I've owned > were all finicky. The 3000 is an abolute gem of a printer. > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >