The cost of paper and inks for the Epson R800 doesn't seem to be all that different than for the Oly P440. I have assumed that one set of inks would last for 100 A4 prints. Whether that is true or not I don't know - my last lot would never have lasted that long - so the consumables for the inkjet may turn out to cost more than those for the dye-sub.
According to the Epson site it would set me back £126- for a full set of inks and 100 sheets of premium glossy A4, against £180- for the P440 equivalents. Other dye-subs are a lot cheaper, and presumably I could get the inkjet consumables more cheaply, but the difference isn't as big as I expected. I wouldn't particularly mind about the lack of choices provided the quality, cost etc. were ok. Why are dye-subs more prone or more sensitive than inkjets to dust? -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of wendy beard > Sent: 03 July 2006 18:58 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pros and cons of dye-sub and inkjet printers > > > Bob W wrote > > > > A4 dye-sub printers seem to be at a reasonably affordable > price point > > nowadays, compared to when I last bought a photo printer. > What are the > > pros and cons of each type of printer? I am not particularly > > interested in buying a printer that does larger than A4 since I only > > rarely need a larger print. > > > > I used to own an Olympus P-400 dye-sub printer which printed up to A4 > I'd bought it to do on-site printing at trials. Paper and ribbons were > very expensive. Plus you had no choice but to buy the Olympus paper > and ribbon. I could print glossy or matte, but that entailed switching > ribbons not the paper. It was also not very forgiving of dust. I > frequently had to discard the first and sometines the second print > because of dust. > The prints out of it tended to have a more plasticky look to them. > A friend recently showed me two photos she'd had taken by the official > photographer at a dog conformations show. Without even looking at the > back of the print I knew immediately that one of them had been printed > using a dye-sub on site. The difference was striking. > > > -- > Wendy Beard > Ottawa > Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
