On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 11:27:15 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Also, if you print on more absorpant paper, the ink is used up 5-10X > faster because it is absorbed more.
Actually, it should be just the opposite. If you configure the printer settings to reflect that you're using more absorbent (lower quality) paper, the printer should shoot less ink in each droplet to compensate for the higher dot gain of the paper. At least my Epson 820 does this. Printing to transparency sheets takes the most ink, run of the mill copier paper the least, if I set the printer configuration to match the paper type. > If I print a lot of 8x10's I use a lot of ink. I get 20-40 eight inch by ten inch prints from a color cartridge on my Epson 820, depending on the actual images printed. The black cartridge lasts for about three color cartridges. > I suggest you look in stores and see if you can find some examples of > prints from various printers and read more reviews etc., before making > any change. Better yet, take a CD with some of your own images to the computer store and print them out on the different printers to see the differences. Make sure the same paper is used in each printer. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
