charging ink, smell the $
The printer has been charging ink for a few minutes now, including a couple of cycles of raising and lowering the ink levers - you can almost smell the money as the ink gets flushed. I'll be interested to see how much ink is in the printer's 'nappy' when this is complete.
One minor disappointment is that while the printer ships with a 'full' set of inks, no Matte Black is included, only Photo Black. I expected both would be included (dream on) even though that hasn't been the case in the past.
For a 2100 user, the new ink cartridges are huge!
As I understand it there are no ink cartridges for the 4800 available for sale in Australia for a week or two yet. I'll see what I can rustle up tomorrow as the pacprint trade show is still on in the city. I have some beautiful matte papers here I'd love to run through the printer.
posted by Pete Walsh @ 8:54 PM 5 comments
At 9:04 PM, Quentin said...
Twas always the way with Epson, they only supply the one black ink - but at least you can provide early feedback on bronzing :-)
At 9:22 PM, Pete Walsh said...
Yes, I was thinking - kill two birds with one stone - bronzing AND black & white on semi gloss.
At 1:07 PM, stephen best said...
I ordered my 4800 (from Sydney) with 220ml Matte Black and am expecting it in a few days, but maybe longer if the ink isn't yet available as you say. I've also put in an order for a box of UltraSmooth Fine Art which is supposed to be available in a month or two. It was the forthcoming availability of the USFA (and the cheaper price of the 4800!) that finally got me motivated to buy one.
Thanks for sharing.
At 10:59 PM, Pete Walsh said...
Hi Stephen, apparently the 4800 uses the same matte black as the 4000, something that even some of the Epson reps at the trade show didn't know, so availibility isn't a problem
At 11:17 PM, Pete Walsh said...
I'll be ordering some matte black on the morning. I can't not test it on the matte papers I have, they are too nice!
Post a Comment
Return to Blog Home