One more thing: You can print as large a panorama as you want on roll paper. Both of the stocks I mentioned, and many others, are available on rolls, and the roll printing option works great on the R2400. I have some third party canvas on a roll that prints great. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralf R. Radermacher) > 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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