Trevor, My long experience with non-OEM ink issues convinced me to use ONLY Epson inks. CIS may give you problems. Get a Epson 3880 if you end up making a lot of prints. Your ink cost will be much lower with the 3880 even with moderate use. In your climate you might consider a printer cover and a jar of water. Also keep the paper in sealed containers to maintain constant humidity. AZ LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book FREE COPY http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Ink jet printing (was Re: Corelating in Camera Pixel > Count (RAW format) and file size?) > From: Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, May 14, 2010 5:20 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I just bought an Epson R2880 that I will use almost exclusively for > printing digital negatives on Pictorico...talk about additional > expenses. But I love it. I did manage to get it dialed in with the > available paper here, and the prints are just short of mind blowing. > Living in the desert, I'm interested in the clogged printhead experience > to see what that's like. Maybe, just maybe, if I can get a small > portrait business going here on the compound, it might justify a > continuous ink system and that becomes less of a hassle? Thoughts? > > karl shah-jenner wrote: > > James: > > > > > > some interesting thoughts of your own there Jim! > > > >> I don't print any of my own images anymore either. Most go online > >> only and any > >> prints for framing is done at a lab. I tired of dried up ink print > >> heads, > >> expensive ink carts, and new printer upgrades. I have a cheap inkjet > >> colour > >> printer that comes out once a year for New Years card and that's the > >> only time > >> it's used. > > > > > > I was wondering this the other day.. how many of us have or still use > > inkjet printers at home? > > > > I used a really nice Canon 8x10 printer for a long time, then bought > > the i9950 canon A3 printer, a bulk ink system and.. > > > > .. lot interest in it > > > > The few digital images I print these days are done on RA4 from > > digital, the film images are all RA4 > > > > and I confess, with a rather nice black and white darkroom, I still > > find it so much quicker and easier to develop and print there than > > from a PC > > > > > > many others here abandoned their inkjets, or are they still in use, > > heavy, light or otherwise? > > > > karl > > > >
