Have you tried that paper in the printer? Just because they say it doesn't work doesn't mean that it doesn't work! :^)
At 11:49 PM +0100 3/12/08, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: >Just received my spanking new R2400, this morning. Guess I should be >happy. Sorry to say I'm not. Not at all. > >Part of it is my usual attack of buyer's remorse, some kind of >post-natal depression I usually go through after every major purchase. >Especially when circumstances have forced me to buy something I hadn't >really wanted. > >The story? Epson have at last repaired my trusted Stylus Photo 1270 to >death (three trips to their outsourced German repair facilty and still >the same fault) and offered me this 2400 at a price too good to miss. >Still, I would have preferred another 1270 but they had none left for an >exchange. > >The problem? I can't use the heaps of Epson Photo Paper I still have. >This is particularly bitter for the Panorama size (21 x 60 cm) as they >make no other paper in this format. > >Worse, I've discovered that each swap between the matte and photo black >ink cartridges and the ensuing loooong nozzle-cleaning routine gobbles >up some 10 euros (15 USD) worth of ink. Epson being what they are, they >won't just clean the black nozzle but the lot of them, all 9 colours. >:-/ > >So, I guess I'll have to settle on one kind of paper, either matte or >glossy. Problem is I'd hate printing my colour photos on Epson's >Archival Matte (looks naff) or my b/w on Premium Glossy (looks like the >plasticky PE b/w papers from the 70's, yikes!). > >Anyone else with a 2400 who'd like to share his experience or a >suggestion for some paper that's OK with b/w and colour? > >Ralf > >-- >Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany >private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de >manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 >Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
