I bet it's nice not having to change out photo black and matte black cartridges. Congrats on the printer! Cheers, Christine
On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I ordered myself a new printer last week: the Epson R3000. My Epson > 2200, while still functioning, is around 9 years old and the $200.00 > rebate Epson was offering until October 1 was the final deciding > factor. I ordered the printer from B&H on Tuesday and it arrived the > next day(!) Last weekend I printed out targets and, after a 24-hour > wait to make sure they were thoroughly dry, made the necessary ICC > profiles. > > I also purchased Qimage Ultimate recently, to handle automatic image > sizing (to the printer's native resolution) and sharpening. I've heard > so many good things about this software I thought it was time to give > it a go. > > Cut to the chase: Qimage seems to work as advertised and the Epson > R3000 is a real winner: My first few prints have come out looking > fantastic and the new printer is faster, quieter and feels much more > solid and robust than my old 2200. Qimage really simplifies workflow > if you're a print perfectionist. I can't say that the new prints are a > *lot* better than what I was getting from the 2200, or if the > improvement I see is due to the printer or the Qimage software (and as > I make a wider variety of prints I may even increase my estimation of > the R3000) but there definitely is an improvement and the speed and > quiet of the new setup is pretty impressive, too. > > Black and white printing is much better than with the 2200: The R3000 > does B&W without using color inks, using a special ink set consisting > of black, medium gray and light gray. I'm getting stunning results > right off the bat. > > Time to print up a new portfolio! > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
