Re: 2200 vs. 1280

[SKID Photography <skid@bway.net>]

Bob,
I do not have the info about the ease of switching inks but....Changing inks in
the 2200/2100 should not use anywhere near the quantity of ink as the 7600
because (I'm making an assumption here) in the 2100/2200 the ink cartridges go
directly over the ink heads, so there is very little waste (unlike the
7600/9600, that has over 2 feet of tubing that need to be filled with inks) when
switching.

That said, I seem to recall that only one of the 2 blacks was archival (I think
it was the matte black), and.....at least for us, we only print on the matte
surface anyway, as all the glossy papers are less stable than the matte ones.
And if one is not interested in the archival quality of the inks, why would one
bother with the 2100/2200 over the 1290/1280?

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC

> Harvey,
>
> Isn't it more complicated than that? As I read the specs, the 2200/2100 can
> print better b&w than a 1280/1290 because of the light black ink (and the
> new features in the driver for linearising grayscale), so you may be able to
> print high quality b&w and color from the same printer. BUT, the black ink
> comes in two varieties, photo black and matte black, one for glossy paper
> and one for matte paper. So unless all your color and b&w work is going to
> be on one type of surface, you may still need two printers (one for glossy
> and one for matte), because changing from the photo black cartridge to the
> matte black cartridge or vice versa on the 7600 uses a great deal of ink
> from all the color cartridges (according to Epson) and doesn't sound very
> practical. I can't find any similar details for changing the black
> cartridges on the 2200/2100, but it may be similar. Do you (or anyone else)
> have any info on the practicality of changing the black cartridges on the
> 2200/2100?
>
> Bob Frost.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SKID Photography" <skid@bway.net>
>
> > Ursula,
> > I think you misunderstood the post.   I think that person was saying that
> the
> > 2200 can do *both* color and B&W, without switching inks due to the 7th
> (grey)
> > color, where as the 1280 cannot.
>
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