Don't count out canon's printers. Their ink is cheaper than epsons and I think they make better printers. I've used a few of them from the ipf8000 series and their smaller printers are just as good and produce the same quality, though with less inks. I have a Pixma Pro 9500 mk2 that is 10 colors and a very, very good printer. The newer pixma is even better from what I have heard.
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: > I've been researching the 3880 as I do expect my R2400 to die soon. It's very > old. For me, the question is between the 3800 and the 3000, since I so rarely > print larger than an 11x17. > > Between the 3800 and 3880 printers, they take the same ink cartridges, > physically, but the inks are different with respect to the magentas. Most of > the ink carts can be used in either, the magentas are model specific. > > 3800, 3880 > Photo Black T580100 > Cyan T580200 > Yellow T580400 > Light Cyan T580500 > Light Black T580700 > Matte Black T580800 > Light Light Black T580900 > > 3800 > Magenta T580300 > Light Magenta T580600 > > 3880 > Vivid Magenta T580A00 > Light Vivid Magenta T580B00 > > Godfrey > > On Aug 30, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > >> Trying to print a photo yesterday on my Epson 3800 I found that the photo >> black ink cartridge appears to be empty, even though I just replaced it a >> month ago and have run only a handful of prints since then. The maintenance >> cartridge, which I also replaced last month, is showing 35% full, which is >> way too full so quickly. When I went to fire up the print last month the >> photo black was also empty then - though then as now it shows nearly full on >> the printers usage gauge. My guess is that the PK ink is slowly draining >> into the maintenance tray when the printer is idle. >> >> I'm thinking about replacing this with a 3880, basically the same printer >> but with the updated K3 inks (vivid magenta). >> >> Is anyone here using the 3880 now? Any comments on it? I have found that the >> 3800 has met my relatively low volume needs for the past 6 or 7 years, with >> my only complaint being that it is a little flimsy on the build quality. If >> the 3880 is the same that would be OK. >> >> Does anyone know if the 3880 can use the same ink cartridges as the 3800? >> The ones I have in the 3800 are all 80% full or more and I have 8 new >> cartridges on hand - all tolled that is almost $1,000 worth of ink. I may >> be able to sell the sealed cartridges but am sure I could not sell the ones >> installed in the printer now. Looking on the web it appears the the two >> printers can use the same cartridges but if that is the case, where do the >> upgraded K3 inks come into play with the 3880? >> >> Any comments would be appreciated - > > > -- > 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.
