Problem is that you don't even get archival till you hit the epson R800 inks and above, and i really don't think highly of that printer. I would maintain a cheap b&w printer like graywolf does, and look into an R1800 (this guy is about $500) or above for your printing your photos, its not that big of a step to get into archival quality (price wise), and atleast your getting something worth the cost of the ink. (Just my 2 cents though) Also you can get into some nicely priced archival paper from places like Red River Paper or Moab. I print almost exclusively Moab, and I'm thinking of getting an Epson 3800 or a lightly used 4000 for home. the 4000 has been replaced by the 4800 now but the 4000 you can get very large 220 ml cartridges for a hundred a piece, and they go forever.
> Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:51:10 -0400 > From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Looking for a printer (mostly low-end) > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > If you have been using a Laser Printer, you will be shocked at the cost of > ink. Check that out, you may well be better off buying those new toner > cartridges for hundreds of dollars up front. My Epson R200 costs a hundred > bucks to buy new Epson ink carts for (locally). You say, "But the toners each > cost more than that". To which I reply, "Yes but the toners are good for > hundreds or thousands of pages, the ink carts are good for about 20-30 > photos". > > That said I use a B&W laser for all text printing, and the Epson only for > photos and CD's. > > -graywolf > > > Thibouille wrote: > > My Epson colour laser being at the end of its life (toner are low, > > it'd cost more than the printer price to buy new ones) I will soon > > need to replace it. > > > > I still do not know if I will go colour laser or inkjet but price of > > the laser will probably drive toward inkjet. > > Idealy, I'd like an inkjet which could print well my pictures, serves > > as well as general printer (I don't want to change cart everytime and > > lose on ink because of it) and be a network printer as well. > > > > I found the HP 6940/6980 (the 6980 aslso as recto/verso and wifi) to > > be the kind of thing I want. I do not know however what to think about > > the quality output of these as well as the average cost. > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
