Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-31 Thread Mark C
Thanks for pointing that out, Igor - order has been place! Mark On 8/31/2014 12:10 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Mark, Just in case, - I just saw that there is a $200 rebate for 3880, and it is ending today, August 31. I don't know how it is with Epson, - it might mean that there will be yet a lo

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-31 Thread Igor Roshchin
Mark, Just in case, - I just saw that there is a $200 rebate for 3880, and it is ending today, August 31. I don't know how it is with Epson, - it might mean that there will be yet a lower price or a different rebate in September... But in any case, - it looks like B&H has that rebate, and thei

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread P.J. Alling
I'm pretty sure that all inkjet's drain ink when idle. I've used HP and Canon printers and all used ink just standing still. They also use quite a bit of ink to purge their print heads if they've been idle for a long period. On 8/30/2014 4:10 PM, Mark C wrote: I'm not sure that the 3800 blee

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread Mark C
I'm not sure that the 3800 bleeds ink when idle - it simple parks the head and then does a mini-flush when it is powered on. I can't say say that I know that for a fact - that's what I that I have heard. At any rate - draining on 80ml cartridge in a month would is clearly a malfunction! Mark

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Godfrey - That clarifies things. I stumbled into some websites that listed the T5806 as compatible with the 3880 but they were either in error or I maybe mis-read them. Mark On 8/30/2014 2:49 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I've been researching the 3880 as I do expect my R2400 to die so

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread Zos Xavius
One nice thing about the epsons I must admit is that they take rolls. 17" wide isn't bad either. I didn't read your message fully and saw you have lots of ink, so I guess that kind of makes up your mind, doesn't it? :) On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > You are correct that the

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread Zos Xavius
You are correct that the epson is draining ink over time. It has to. Otherwise the head will dry in and become unusable. Printers need to be used often or you are just slowly bleeding ink unfortunately. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > Don't count out canon's printers. Their i

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread Zos Xavius
Don't count out canon's printers. Their ink is cheaper than epsons and I think they make better printers. I've used a few of them from the ipf8000 series and their smaller printers are just as good and produce the same quality, though with less inks. I have a Pixma Pro 9500 mk2 that is 10 colors an

Re: OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've been researching the 3880 as I do expect my R2400 to die soon. It's very old. For me, the question is between the 3800 and the 3000, since I so rarely print larger than an 11x17. Between the 3800 and 3880 printers, they take the same ink cartridges, physically, but the inks are different

OT - Epson 3880

2014-08-30 Thread Mark C
Trying to print a photo yesterday on my Epson 3800 I found that the photo black ink cartridge appears to be empty, even though I just replaced it a month ago and have run only a handful of prints since then. The maintenance cartridge, which I also replaced last month, is showing 35% full, which