There is a new Epson 17" around the corner (should be available shortly), the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 with 80ml ink cartridges and with a lot cheaper price tag (around $1200) compared to the 4800.
It has 9 ink slots so you can have both the photo black and the matte black in at the same time (which is a problem with the 4800). Full set of inks (UltraChrome K3) will cost around $450-500 (so the inks will be slightly more expensive per printed area than the 220ml 4800). No roll paper support/cutter though. Antti-Pekka ________________________________________ Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy R&D Turku www.computec.fi > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of William Robb > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:50 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 16-bit Canon Printer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" > Subject: Re: 16-bit Canon Printer > > > > > $2000 or more makes sense only if you are printing a LOT of larger > > size prints. The Epson R2400 was expensive to my way of thinking at > > $800, but in retrospect with the volume of A3 and A3 Super prints > > I've been putting out this year, I should have gone for the R4800 > and > > would have saved money on ink overall. > > The 4800 is very cheap to run per lineal foot, but not cheap to fill. > The 220ml inkset cost around $1000.00. > It will do a heck of a lot of prints on that inkset. > The output is very nice as well. > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
