Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-19 Thread Igor Roshchin
Jack, Godfrey, Paul, and Christine: Thank you for sharing information and your opinions! Much appreciated. Christine: I am not sure yet how much I would be printing. I suspect that if I bought a printer I would be printing much more than I've done in the past few years since I switched to

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-19 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org Christine: I am not sure yet how much I would be printing. I suspect that if I bought a printer I would be printing much more than I've done in the past few years since I switched to digital. However, it probably won't be much

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 19, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Well, let me give you a little nudge :-) I think you should get a printer. I should have said this in my earlier post-- that is, having a printer has reinvigorated my connection to photography. Moreover, I once showed some prints to

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-19 Thread PN Stenquist
I agree. I reprinted one of my favorite photos today, just because I know that both my printer and I are now capable of making a better print than we were the last time I worked with this image. It was rewarding. Paul On Dec 19, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Dec 19, 2008,

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: having a printer has reinvigorated my connection to photography. Moreover, I once showed some prints to a colleague, and she said that it had been a long time since she had seen photographic prints--she had been mostly enjoying photos through the web. She said it

question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hello! I am again considering if I should buy a photo printer. I see that R2400 got replaced by R2880, and I see that Christine has been very happy with it. Does anybody have R1900? What is the difference from R2880? I see that they are using different types of inks, but I am not sure which

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-18 Thread Jack Davis
Subject: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900) To: PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 9:52 AM Hello! I am again considering if I should buy a photo printer. I see that R2400 got replaced by R2880, and I see that Christine has been very happy with it. Does anybody have

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The R1800-R1900 pair are better suited to color printing on glossy surface papers as they have a gloss optimizer ink. The inkset is related to the K3 inkset in that it is pigment based and uses similar colors, but it doesn't have as much in the grayscale inks department. The R2400-R2880

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-18 Thread PN Stenquist
My papers include velvet fine art, presentation matte, double sided matte and ultra premium luster, so I do have to switch from matte black to photo black from time to time. It's not onerous, but the purge cycle can cause another almost empty cartridge to fail. On rare occasions, you might

Re: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900)

2008-12-18 Thread Christine Aguila
To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:52 AM Subject: question about Epson printers (R2800, R1900) Hello! I am again considering if I should buy a photo printer. I see that R2400 got replaced by R2880, and I see that Christine has been very happy with it. Does anybody have R1900