[Leica] Advice on a 17" printer

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I'd establish an estimated per print cost.
Say it cost a buck per sheet of paper and another buck maybe two for
pigment.
Its certainly no cheaper than a darkroom print unless you're using cheap
paper then good luck.
Prints cost dollars not pennies. Just like darkroom did.

That way just like in the darkroom you make a mistake you know its a three
dollar mistake. You make an extra one for you grandmother you know its three
bucks for your grandmother. Plus hogging up your printer for 3 minutes or
more.


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> From: Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:48:17 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Advice on a 17" printer
> 
> Thanks, Ken. That was a concern of mine too. The cost of an 
> across-the-board
> recharge of the 4900 would approach a kilobuck! What I'm trying to find 
> out is
> how many prints of whatever size could be made from one set of cartridges, 
> as
> well as whether the 6-month life expectancy is real or conservatively
> estimated. It seems to me that, with the ability of the printer to clean 
> the
> print heads effectively, there shouldn't be a limit on the life of a 
> cartridge
> once it's been put into service. Seems like there couldn't be much 
> evaporation
> through those tiny nozzles.
> 
> ?howard
> 
> 
> On Nov 28, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Ken Carney wrote:
> 
>> Howard,
>> 
>> From time to time I have thought about upgrading also, until I get
>> sidetracked.  A concern for me has been the life of the inks.  Epson says
>> that is six months after the cartridges have been opened, though I do not
>> know how accurate that is.  With the 3880 it would probably be a stretch 
>> for
>> me to use up the 80ml cartridges within the approximate six-month window. 
>>  I
>> see the 4900 comes with starter 80ml cartridges, but the regular 
>> cartridges
>> are 200ml, even more of a stretch.  Refilling the 3880 is $45 X 9 
>> cartridges,
>> and the 4900 is $87 X 10.
>> 
>> Ken
> 
> 
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