Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/15

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Subject: [Leica] Printer Purgatory
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Fri Jun 15 04:22:59 2007
References: <061520070931.10374.46725C860008A8EF00002886220588644204040A990A02D201D202080106@comcast.net>

John, I have the R800 and the 3800 (K3 ink). One big change is that the 
gloss optimiser added to the 800's is replaced by inks being
encapsulated in gloss in the later printers? A bigger issue IMHO the number 
of black cart options (that's why it's called K3) and I
guess the algorithms being updated. The 800's are finer dots but empirically 
to my eye the (BW especially) output is smoother from
the later printers. ABW is very neutral too.
>From my experience, assuming that you want bigger than letter/A4 size, 
>R1800 great on colour on glossy on Epson papers. If you have
BW/fine art aspirations, get a 2400 or 3800. Believe it or not the bigger 
printer is cheaper because of the larger carts and hence
amount of ink you get with your purchase.
Finally, when you see what the later printers can do on Crane Museo Silver 
Rag you will be converted. Just get that second mortgage
and never look back.

cheers
Hoppy
Official Epson evangelist 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- 
Subject: Re: [Leica] Printer Purgatory

How significant is the difference between the inks used in the R1800 and the 
K3 inks used in the R2400?
John Newell

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