To those papers Godders mention, I would add Epson Ultra Premium Luster. While I love Velvet Fine Art in hand, I think Premium Luster is the best behind glass. Paul On Aug 6, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2008, at 7:23 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > >> Now for the important question - >> how much did it cost? >> how much are the inks? :):) > > $720-799 for the printer. > > 9 ink cartridges, each $11.20 (atlex.com price). They supposedly > contain about 11ml of ink and the R2880 is reputed to be slightly more > efficient on ink consumption compared to the R2400, which cartridges > are supposed to have 12ml of ink. > >> Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone: >>> >>> Life just got really busy, so I'll be in & out of PDML, but I did >>> want to >>> mention I just got my new Epson R2880 with some Premium Luster >>> paper & some >>> 5x7 glossy. I've printed up a flurry of prints, so here are my >>> impressions: >>> ... > > Christine: it's good to hear you're happy with the R2880. I felt the > same way when I got the R2400 ... it's been a fantastic printer and to > me the photograph is almost always realized, finally, in the print. > Web photos are just easy to send around but don't compare at all. > > Try some of the Epson Exhibition Fine Art paper or Velvet Fine Art. > They are just plain fantastic papers. Hahnemühle, Crane and Ilford > also have some fantastic papers. One of my favorites ... and seemingly > hard to come by now ... is Somerset Velvet. I hate putting it under > glass ... it just feels so nice in the hand. > > Godfrey > -- > 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. -- 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.
