On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 08:25 AM, CBWaters wrote:
I bought a new color cartridge for my Color 740 last weekend. I've beenCory,
printing a lot this week, trying to figure out why all my prints look
washed-out. You may recall I was asking about color management. I've
printed about eight 5X7 photos and a few smaller ones and now the ink's low
again. Is this normal? How do you digital darkroom guys afford to print
your photos? With the price I paid for that cartridge, it works out to
about $3.50 per print.
BTW, I finally got some that look just *OK*. Certainly, I've not printed
anything I would pay for yet.
I've been printing on Kodak Matte picture paper. Would I be getting markedly
better looking prints on a glossy high-end paper?
If I get a new printer, (~$100-150) should I get another Epson?
Cory
Lost in the digital darkroom
I think with any low end printer your consumables are going to be more expensive than they are with the mid to upper end printers in that group. The cheap ones have disproportionately smaller cartridges and extremely high costs per print.
Printing on matte paper with Epson's heavyweight matte is very affordable for the cost of the paper and the small amount of ink involved.
http://home.att.net/~arwomack01/ is the Epson Inkjet faq of the late Epson Inkjet list. It is a trove of useful info for any Epson inkjet user.
Lots of tricks, tips, and sources for consumables.
Dan Scott
