I could be wrong but they might have just the black inks together as a discount Bruce. If you buy one of these new look for a deal that includes an extra set of ink. It does come with a full set in the box despite the tanks being labelled setup. The initial ink charge didn't seem to use any ink so they must have a little extra in them.
On Nov 3, 2016 1:49 PM, "Bruce Walker" <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for that write-up, Zos. Great info. > > Can the black ink sets be purchased separately? > > Pigment inks are generally considered archival. Are dye inks? (I > guess that's Paul's question rephrased.) > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I ended up stealing one of these for $100. They retail for $400 > > currently. I also snagged 50 sheets of 13x19 canon satin paper in the > > mix. I've done a few test prints now and I am very impressed. Unlike > > the Epson and older Canon printers this one uses dye ink and man is it > > vivid. If you want to print stuff that looks like slide film this is > > the printer for you. I haven't tried any skin tones yet, so I'll maybe > > follow up this post when I print a few portraits from it. The review > > on imaging resource is looking pretty bad really. I think this printer > > is a lot better than what they present. I don't really know what > > settings they were using, but when you run your images through their > > plugin it seems to do a very good job with color using the stock > > profiles. The black and white I printed on canon paper seemed fairly > > neutral when I looked at it in direct sunlight. I actually print > > things for a living and have used large format canons for some time > > and always highly recommend them. I would do the same for this > > printer. Just know that ink costs are up on this model but a full set > > is only $109 for 8 carts. Not bad really. Individuals are $16.99 I > > think, up from the $13 the older ones were. You can probably get about > > 30-40 13x19s before you start swapping ink carts and of course your > > mileage may vary. Obviously B&W prints will kill the three black carts > > pretty fast. One full size print didn't dent the first cartridge set, > > but a black and white definitely moved the on screen indicators a bit. > > I prints up to 13x19 which is pretty decent really. I love 11x17 so > > this is perfect for a lot of things. Borderless 13x19 looks fantastic > > though you do give up some image along the sides. You can buy 13x19 > > frames too. It also prints CDs which is interesting. > > > > If you are considering a printer I would definitely look at this. It > > has pretty much all the features and quality that the Pixma Pro 1 had > > and that cost $1000 new. The heads are easily replaceable on this > > printer as well. I think the epsons are still not user serviceable. > > One advantage that the smaller epsons have is that they print rolls as > > well. I think up to 20" wide right? so that gives the ability to print > > a bit bigger. Still I'm very happy with this and this is a lot nicer > > than the old 9500 mark 2 I used to use. Much better print quality with > > much more accurate color. If you are someone that can sell a lot of > > small prints this is a good printer to have around. I'm really hoping > > that they move to adding RGB colors like their larger printers have > > eventually. That would give them a huge color gamut. Still for 8 > > colors this thing does really, really well. Just know that its best to > > leave them on all the time so that they self clean which doesn't use > > much ink in the long run. Otherwise you have to use a lot more ink > > trying to purge and test print. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
