Epson R1800 Continuous Ink System

Tony Polson wrote:
Paul Furman wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:

In [comp.periphs.printers] measekite wrote:

....

As an old fart who posts here I rather resent that.

But you will learn as you age.

Apologies again, ignore this poster, he's a kook from the printer group,
sorry.

Paul,

Why do you feel obliged to apologise for this guy? Twice?

Oh just because I cross-posted him into these groups. This is his
favorite topic & I knew he'd be a pest. Actually he was pretty well
behaved, relatively. And to make sure noone here nibbles his troll lines.

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:25:21 GMT, Paul Furman
wrote:

Tony Polson wrote:
Paul Furman wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:

In [comp.periphs.printers] measekite wrote:

....

As an old fart who posts here I rather resent that.

But you will learn as you age.

Apologies again, ignore this poster, he's a kook from the printer group,
sorry.

Paul,

Why do you feel obliged to apologise for this guy? Twice?

Oh just because I cross-posted him into these groups. This is his
favorite topic & I knew he'd be a pest. Actually he was pretty well
behaved, relatively. And to make sure noone here nibbles his troll lines.


Thank you for that, Paul.

"Greg \"_\"" wrote:
In article ,
Andrew Haley wrote:

tomm42 wrote:

I would suggest looking at the Canon ipf5000, the Epson 3800 or 4800
before going to bulk inks. The disadvantage of bulk ink is that you
need some way to linearize and profile papers. A good MacBeth system
costs $1500, after having used (reasonably effectively) a scanner
based profiling system the results pale in comparison to results of a
MacBeth system.

This is true. I always use custom profiles for all my prints: nothing
comes close.

I've tried OEM inks on large-format Epsons, and in my experience there
are two downsides to be aware of. Firstly, gloss blacks aren't as
good: although they are very dense, the surface finish is rather matt,
so it doesn't look good next to the colours. Only Epson has the
micor-encapsulated glossy pigment black. Also, Epson inks perform
remarkably well on fairly low-grade inkjet paper (Epson Singleweight
Matte, for example) whereas the OEM inks I've tried need more
expensively coated paper to perform well.

You should have done a Google on the term OEM....your using it
incorrectly.

OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer.

That means Epson inks are the OEM inks.

Oh, yes. Brain fade, I guess.

Thanks,
Andrew.

In article ,
Andrew Haley wrote:


Oh, yes. Brain fade, I guess.

Thanks,
Andrew.

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I have a Mediastreet CIS for my old Epson 1270 printer. This dye-based
ink machine was famous for clogs and refill problems, but this CIS
system has performed flawlessly for years. Sometimes I don't use the
printer for weeks, but I simply turn it on, it goes through its usual
startup ritual, and then prints away with no problems. I haven't had a
clog in years. Of course I realize this isn't the R1800, but if the CIS
for that is any near as good as this one, it should be very good. I've
been thinking of getting an R1800, but really don't want to go back to
changing cartridges again, so I'm very interested to hear results from
the Mediastreet CIS with it.

Joe