I print my own for two reasons: - complete control of the imaging process (same reason I always process my own B&W film) - absolute freedom over what content I choose to print
Never mind that I can make a print any time I want to, and at a materials cost of about $1 to $2 for ink and $4.50 for high quality, fine art grade 13x19 printing paper. I worked in a photofinishing lab for four years. No photofinishing lab can achieve the quality of the prints I make with the Epson P600, or offer the level of paper selection that I have at my disposal. A custom print shop might, but that would cost many times over what the cost of running my P600 is. BTW: the P600 ink tanks are much larger than R2400 and R2880. They're up in the 20-25 ml range. And the Photo Black and Matte Black inks are installed simultaneously … the printer will even change ink mode automatically based upon the paper you select, if you enable that option. (I don't, because it means more possibilities of an ink change cycle which takes time and costs ink.) I've found the P600's ink tanks and general economy in printing reduce the per print cost quite significantly over the R2400. B&H Photo is offering the Epson P600 at present for $693.00 along with a mail-in $200 rebate. That seems a great deal. Good luck deciding what you want. G > On Jun 30, 2019, at 4:33 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > mike wilson wrote on 6/30/19 1:34 PM: > >>> >>> I don't have walls enough to hang all the prints I could make there with >>> the money I've saved by not buying more ink for that stupid Epson printer. >> I'm with Ralf. I realised, well over a decade ago, that I had spent a four >> figure sum on hardware alone to print a three figure sum's worth of prints. >> After a prolonged bout of self-butt-kicking, I discarded the lot and have >> never been happier. > > When I got back into photography about 12 years ago, I asked a friend about > prints. He said he had them done at Costco, it costs less per print than > doing them himself and they have a better printer than he'd ever be able to > afford. On top of that, they publish the ICC color profiles. > > About a month ago, the local Costco closed down their photo center, so it's > no longer a thirty minute wait and a 15 minute drive to pick up prints. > Fortunately, the Costco near my current jobsite still has photo printing. > > There are, however, some advantages to printing myself, such as paper > selection and being able to print any of my images, not just the family > friendly ones. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ > > -- > 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.
