Just received my spanking new R2400, this morning. Guess I should be happy. Sorry to say I'm not. Not at all.
Part of it is my usual attack of buyer's remorse, some kind of post-natal depression I usually go through after every major purchase. Especially when circumstances have forced me to buy something I hadn't really wanted. The story? Epson have at last repaired my trusted Stylus Photo 1270 to death (three trips to their outsourced German repair facilty and still the same fault) and offered me this 2400 at a price too good to miss. Still, I would have preferred another 1270 but they had none left for an exchange. The problem? I can't use the heaps of Epson Photo Paper I still have. This is particularly bitter for the Panorama size (21 x 60 cm) as they make no other paper in this format. Worse, I've discovered that each swap between the matte and photo black ink cartridges and the ensuing loooong nozzle-cleaning routine gobbles up some 10 euros (15 USD) worth of ink. Epson being what they are, they won't just clean the black nozzle but the lot of them, all 9 colours. :-/ So, I guess I'll have to settle on one kind of paper, either matte or glossy. Problem is I'd hate printing my colour photos on Epson's Archival Matte (looks naff) or my b/w on Premium Glossy (looks like the plasticky PE b/w papers from the 70's, yikes!). Anyone else with a 2400 who'd like to share his experience or a suggestion for some paper that's OK with b/w and colour? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
