World outside attic
I've been out today, catching up on the what is happening in the world outside the attic!
I'm waiting to hear back from Epson regarding ink availability. I'd prefer not to run dry and have the printer sitting for an unknown length of time waiting on inks. So - the brakes are on temporarily.
A week in with the 4800 and I'm more than happy with my decision to upgrade from a 2100 - I think it'll be a popular upgrade path. The only thing that has bothered me to date regarding the 4800 is the Black ink changeover - it's not a deal breaker, but it will limit the amount I change back and forth, which is a shame given the exceptional performance of the printer on all papers I've tried - matte and gloss.
posted by Pete Walsh @ 11:55 PM 10 comments
At 2:53 AM, Anonymous said...
just wanted to say thank you for all the work and writing you have been doing over the past 1 week. It's been an awesome read and so exciting to follow it all...:-)
At 3:14 AM, Chris Bair said...
We just got a shipment of 220ml carts for the 4800 in (and we do ship to Australia - although UPS charges a lot, you can use the "Manually Computed shipping" and have us ship the stuff by parcel post)
On a side note, we'll be putting out a newsletter in about an hour with a link to your blog, it's good stuff.
At 5:23 AM, Brian said...
Thank you for sharing your experiences and insights. Your blog has shed light on many areas I had questions about, and I can't thank you enough.
I've just placed an order for my own 4800 (shipping today). I've also ordered a matte black, and the smallest available package of each Epson paper to play with. I look forward to many hours of my own test prints and tweaks.
Thanks again.
At 7:45 AM, andrew said...
Once again, thank you.
I guess the only unresolved bit is an accurate measure of the ink use at changeover. Right now we change inks on our 2100 every few weeks at most -- weddings and portraits on gloss and semi-gloss, romantic portraits and landscapes on matte -- and I can see the same need with a 4800 unless I can find a high-resolution, scuff-proof matte paper. Even at 30ml per changeover it almost begins to look economic to purchase 2 printers and dedicate one to each ink; at 90ml it's almost a no-brainer.
The other slight problem is that the 4800 apparently doesn't print smaller than 8x10 paper, and we do a lot of A5/5x7. But I can imagine there are some easy workarounds for that.
Happy printing,
At 10:04 AM, Anonymous said...
Come on Pete, don't stop now! You're the #1 listing if you google for Epson 4800. You're famous man!
At 12:22 PM, Pete Walsh said...
I had a very informative call with an Epson Pro Graphics source this morning. Yes ink usage is 90-100ml for the black ink change. I've posted more info in the blog.
At 12:23 PM, Pete Walsh said...
Thanks Chris re the 220 carts. One problem here would be due to the cost (if you bought a full set) there'd be tax to pay on top of shipping.
At 12:27 PM, Pete Walsh said...
Hi Andrew, I read a post elsewhere here suggesting taping an 8x10 sheet of paper to a smaller roll and getting around the print size that way. I haven't tried it (and probably won't as I don't have a need) but it sounds feasible enough. My smaller prints are relatively low volume and I do them on larger sheets - a fair amount of manual trimming, but the cost is low per print.
At 8:09 AM, alanvee said...
Regarding making smaller prints - While a somewhat expensive solution the added benefits seem great - The ImagePrint RIP package allows for the placing of smaller images on a given size paper. It may be a while till the 4800 is supported. Their demo movie looked very impressive:
http://www.colorbytesoftware.com/imageprint.htm
(no affiiliation - just looks like cool software!)
At 1:07 PM, Nill Toulme said...
It's very easy to make a template in PS using guides to print two 5x7's on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. It's drag and drop after that, and it only takes two cuts to trim them out with 1/4" margins all around.
Nill
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www.toulme.net
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