On 27/8/04 15:47, Paul Freeman wrote: > 1) Can anyone tell me what the approximate costs of servicing these > beasts is? I understand they need their ink pads changing every now and > again. How much is this? Alternatively can you do this servicing > yourself?
A service contract with my dealer, Fuji Hunt, costs �850/year for the 7600. I've printed hundreds of metres of paper on my 9600 over the last 18 months and I have never had to have a single component replaced - they seem to be very robust things. > 2) The dot pattern of the 7000 can be pronounced (though it looks great > on both Permajet Oyster and Photo Rag). On my 2100 I get a much > smoother appearance. I assume that because the 7600 is of the same era > as the 2100 that it might have the same finer appearance. Is this > correct? This is down to the RIP rather than the device alone. The Epson driver, for example, will give a very different dither to your RIP and any other for that matter. Hope this helps, JL =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
