Ordered the p600. Should be here on Wednesday. Got the rebate form downloaded. I should be able to report out a few days after arrival. I’ll have to do a quick test before I send in my rebate to make sure the printer is in working order on delivery. Chris Mitchell and I believe Steve Harvey gave the p600 excellent reviews as well.
On the R2880, I did use the alcohol and q-tip method to clean paper grabbers that I could reach. That helped a little bit—for a bit—but still had a few retries to get the paper to pass through with the manual feed. Sheet feeder is fine. No problems there. I’ll keep the R2880 around for some craft project work until it dies, and use the p600 as a dedicated photo printer. Cheers, Christine > On Apr 9, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> > wrote: > > Note that there is a Rebate ($150) and a trade-up discount ($50) in effect > 1-30 April 2017… > > E.g., see, > http://atlex.itsuppliesinc.netdna-cdn.com/media/pdf/rebate/TradeUpP400,600,800April2017MIR.pdf > > I recently uncovered and started up my 2880 after a very long period of > inactivity. Had the expected multiple passes to clean the heads, 3-4 inks > needed replacing. But what bugs me is that the paper feed is working very > sporadically. A true pain. Based on this thread, I did a quick google on > P600, found one review that was very positive except for paper feed problems > ( with certain papers). Makes me wonder though if I shouldn’t just struggle > through rather than upgrading. But Godfrey’s note is encouraging... I will be > interested to hear your experience. > > stan > > >> On Apr 7, 2017, at 7:30 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: >> >> I think I’m going to order the p600 in the next few days. My R2880 is >> running really wonky. Cheers, Christine >> >> >>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 6:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Christine, >>> >>> I've been using the P600 for a year and a half. Highly recommended. The >>> improved paper feed system over the R2400/R2880 is one of the truly great >>> things about it. Compared to the R2400/R2880, it's got better blacks, >>> better brilliance, and just does a better job. >>> >>> I don't recommend trying to refill the ink tanks. You can't get the Epson >>> inks for refilling of the same formulation. I've found this printer to be >>> pretty economical on ink anyway ... the big tanks help, and I think the >>> heads have greater precision in laying it down. >>> >>> I use Velvet Fine Art and Hot Press Natural papers the most, but swap to >>> Photo Black ink for Exhibition Fiber. It does an excellent job with all >>> three. Also with Hahnemühle Bamboo and other fine art papers .... I haven't >>> found any papers that don't work well with it. >>> >>> You can't go wrong with the P600 unless you need the larger paper size of >>> the P800 ... :-) >>> >>> G >>> >>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: >>> >>>>>> On 3/19/2017 4:21 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>>>> Hi All: >>>>>> >>>>>> Is anyone using the Epson P600? >>>>>> >>>>>> Care to share your thoughts on print quality and user workflows >>>>>> and/or issues? >>>>>> >>>>>> My Epson R2880 is still working, and I have been printing lately, >>>>>> just now in fact, but the rollers aren’t always grabbing on the first >>>>>> try of a print. I often have to try a few times before the rollers >>>>>> agree to grab the paper and run the print. I’m a big Velvet Fine Art >>>>>> user. Love that stuff, but I have to use the back feed, and it’s >>>>>> been fussy lately. >>>>>> >>>>>> I’m definitely considering P600 so that I don’t have to change-out >>>>>> the photo and matte blacks. I see the ink cartridges are much bigger >>>>>> and $32 a pop (listed on the Epson website). Any thoughts about >>>>>> ink? >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have the P600, have you tried it on metallic paper or any >>>>>> other specialty papers? Thoughts? Quality? I have some metallic >>>>>> paper I want to try on the R2880, and may soon, but I’m still >>>>>> interested how it works on the P600. >>>>>> >>>>>> Interested in any and all information you have to share! >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, Christine >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
