Epson R800 Questions

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Steven Wandy
Apr 2, 2004
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I have always prefered HP printers (currently have the 7350) because in addition to making great prints they were also better (atleast IMHO) for everyday use.

I am replacing the 7350 (bad USB connection on the back of the printer the primary reason) and considering the Epson R800.

How is this for everyday use as far as basic black printing – printing letters, printouts from e-mails, etc.? I have always heard – never actually checked it out myself though I do have one Epson (Stylus Photo 760?) – that they were (a) slow printing black and (b) the black text was not a pure black but a combination of the colored inks which caused the inks to run out quicker. The HP’s photo printers (atleast the 7350) has a black ink cartridge that is used solely for text, etc.

Thanks for any imput
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Hecate
Apr 3, 2004
On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:18:31 GMT, "Steven Wandy" wrote:

I have always prefered HP printers (currently have the 7350) because in addition to making great prints they were also better (atleast IMHO) for everyday use.

I am replacing the 7350 (bad USB connection on the back of the printer the primary reason) and considering the Epson R800.

How is this for everyday use as far as basic black printing – printing letters, printouts from e-mails, etc.? I have always heard – never actually checked it out myself though I do have one Epson (Stylus Photo 760?) – that they were (a) slow printing black and (b) the black text was not a pure black but a combination of the colored inks which caused the inks to run out quicker. The HP’s photo printers (atleast the 7350) has a black ink cartridge that is used solely for text, etc.
Personally, I’ve always found Epson text to be not as crisp as HP. For a general purpose printer I’d always go for HP, if you need colour. Otherwise I’d pick a Kyocera mono laser. If you don’t need photographic quality for everyday use, but just basic colour, there are a few good, cheap colour lasers around., For a photo printer, then I’d go for Epson. But as someone who’s going to purchase an Epson 2100 (2200 in the US) in the next month, I would say that wouldn’t I? 🙂

All IMHO, of course.

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nomail
Apr 3, 2004
Steven Wandy wrote:

I have always prefered HP printers (currently have the 7350) because in addition to making great prints they were also better (atleast IMHO) for everyday use.

I am replacing the 7350 (bad USB connection on the back of the printer the primary reason) and considering the Epson R800.

How is this for everyday use as far as basic black printing – printing letters, printouts from e-mails, etc.? I have always heard – never actually checked it out myself though I do have one Epson (Stylus Photo 760?) – that they were (a) slow printing black and (b) the black text was not a pure black but a combination of the colored inks which caused the inks to run out quicker. The HP’s photo printers (atleast the 7350) has a black ink cartridge that is used solely for text, etc.

I don’t know where you got that information, but I’m 99.99% sure that the Epson R800 uses its black cartridge (and only its black cartridge) for text.

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Steven Wandy
Apr 3, 2004
I don’t know where you got that information, but I’m 99.99% sure that the Epson R800 uses its black cartridge (and only its black cartridge) for text.

This was not refering to the R800, but what I had heard about earlier Epson photo printers.
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Jim
Apr 3, 2004
Neither my Photo 700 nor my Photo 1280 used the color cartridges for printing black text. I don’t know anything about other models.

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"Steven Wandy" wrote in message
I don’t know where you got that information, but I’m 99.99% sure that the Epson R800 uses its black cartridge (and only its black cartridge) for text.

This was not refering to the R800, but what I had heard about earlier
Epson
photo printers.

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Hecate
Apr 4, 2004
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:58:53 +0200, (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:

How is this for everyday use as far as basic black printing – printing letters, printouts from e-mails, etc.? I have always heard – never actually checked it out myself though I do have one Epson (Stylus Photo 760?) – that they were (a) slow printing black and (b) the black text was not a pure black but a combination of the colored inks which caused the inks to run out quicker. The HP’s photo printers (atleast the 7350) has a black ink cartridge that is used solely for text, etc.

I don’t know where you got that information, but I’m 99.99% sure that the Epson R800 uses its black cartridge (and only its black cartridge) for text.

Apparently, and this is not just Epson, printer manufacturers have taken to using a colour layer "behind" black text as it apparently increases the legibility and sharpness of the text. I use apparently advisedly, as it’s to do with the perception of the eye/brain interaction. I’ve seen this quoted in a couple of magazines recently and if I could remember the articles (at the moment I can’t even remember if they were photographic or computer mags <g>) I’d give you the ref. But yes, they are using colour and not just black.

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