The R 2400 is excellent. Good for Godders. Paul via phone
> On Apr 18, 2015, at 4:21 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks everyone for input... given my circumstances, I'm certainly going to > accept Godder's offer of "Free" R2400 - well, in fact, I already have > accepted off list so when he gets his new one set up > I'll acquire the old one. > > As to the profile stuff, the R220 just asks me what specific paper I'm > going to print on and a click on the line that says the type or brand and > type... that works 95% of the time - but sometimes I've found that if I lie > to the printer I get better results. > > I'm glad I asked about this, because quite apart from my acquiring a new > printer I'm learning a lot and I suspect a bunch of you have too. > > In terms of size... 12 x 18 is what I consider large and in the right > proportions for most of my work - it is the ratio that pleases me the most > but I don't always stick to it. > > ann > >> On 4/18/2015 15:59, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> In ten years of using the R2400, and some years when I didn't print for >> six-seven months, I've had to clear the nozzles due to a serious clog twice. >> Pigment-ink printers are much less likely to clog than dye-ink printers >> because pigment particles are much larger, which requires that the nozzles >> be larger too. Sure cure to keep nozzles on ANY printer from clogging: >> >> - Only use the manufacturers' inks. >> - Print two test pages every other week. >> >> I've *never* created a paper profile for the R2400. I print on a selection >> of Hanemühle, Epson, Moab, and Red River papers … all of them produce >> professionally crafted profiles for the papers that I use superior to >> anything that I have the resources and skills to make, and they are free for >> the downloading. For B&W printing, in many cases the best and most >> consistent way to produce perfect prints is to use the Epson Advanced B&W >> printing workflow rather than printing with a color-managed, profile-based >> workflow. >> >> The R3000 is still available, but the P600 replaces it. As far as I can >> tell, the P600 is a superior print engine. That said, even the R2000, R2400, >> and R2880 produce outstanding prints. >> >> I'm doing a little reading up on the P600 before buying. I have some pretty >> specific needs … I've never used all the features of the R2400, but I need >> that whatever I buy supports the things that I do need (and a couple that >> I've wanted which the R2400 doesn't) without being a hassle. >> >> G >> >> >>> On Apr 18, 2015, at 11:33 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Don't forget having a color profile for each type of paper you're going >>> to use. And having to create a NEW profile for each of your papers every >>> time you change an ink cartridge. >>> >>> If you DO NOT make a LOT of prints the nozzles quite as likely to dry up. > > -- > 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.
