Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks very much for the thoughts, Richard. Peter On 18/04/2018 08:12, Richard Clompus via LUG wrote: > The P800 is a significant improvement over the 3800. I?ve had both. The > P800 is a very heavy printer. It has been an enjoyment to use fit from > 5x7 up to 16x20 prints. The widest print width is 17?. The only problem > I have had is setting margins on prints. It doesn?t seem to be consistent > when printing margins. Sometimes the prints are shifted slightly left or > right. I have checked with Epson and they feel its a Mac OS problem. I?m > using Lightroom and Aperture (can?t seem to give it up) with High Sierra > 10.13.4. I use a lot of paper from Red River Paper in Texas. Great paper > at reasonable prices - especially their metallic paper. Its not a problem > to throw out a few 8 1/2 x 11 prints but when you're printing with 13x19 > paper, it hurts to throw away several prints to get the margins exactly > where you want them. The 80ml ink cartridges are much more economical > than smaller size cartridges and seem to last forever. I?d also recommend > you have an extra ink maintenance tank on hand. It absorbs ink when you > change the lines from glossy to mat black and for maintenance. When it > fills, the printer will shut down until it's replaced. > > We all have favorite printer papers. My favorites from Red River Papers > are: 66lb. Polar Pearl Metallic and the 68lb UltraPro Satin 4.0. I also > use their 7x10 60lb Pecos River Gloss for greeting arts that I give to > friends for holidays. My advice is to make prints. Digital files are more > perishable than a good print that is stored properly. The latest pigments > may last 200 years. Our current digital files will be unreadable as > technology changes well before then... > > Be well, > Richard Clompus, OD > Trinidad, CA > >> On Apr 17, 2018, at 4:42 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >> wrote: >> >> How does it stack up against the 3800? >> >> Peter >> >> On 15/04/2018 17:23, Tina Manley via LUG wrote: >>> PESO: >>> >>> Does anybody have any experience with this printer?? I'm thinking about >>> buying it, but some of the reviews say that it does not handle art paper >>> well, especially Baryta, which is what I have bought. Some say that the >>> printer leaves pizza marks across any of the thicker papers. >>> >>> Other than that, the reviews are spectacular, but pizza marks would ruin >>> it >>> for me. >>> >>> Anybody? >>> >>> Tina >>> >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================== >> Dr Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig