One nice thing about the epsons I must admit is that they take rolls. 17" wide isn't bad either. I didn't read your message fully and saw you have lots of ink, so I guess that kind of makes up your mind, doesn't it? :)
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are correct that the epson is draining ink over time. It has to. > Otherwise the head will dry in and become unusable. Printers need to > be used often or you are just slowly bleeding ink unfortunately. > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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.
