- #Epson stylus photo r1800 paper feed problem install
- #Epson stylus photo r1800 paper feed problem pro
The 3800 (sheet only) is intended for people who do a lot of printing, the 4800 can handle both sheet and roll, unless you do a lot of printing and you need to print beyond 13" wide, there is no point to go for the 3800.Thanks, Danny. Why have those large inks if you can't rattle of some enormous prints?
The lack of a roll feeder on the 3800 would take away all this fun I'm having with my R1800.
#Epson stylus photo r1800 paper feed problem install
I've read the review over on photo-I and, frankly, think that the installation procedure is convoluted (partly because of having to install your own printheads) but I can quite see the advantage of having user-replaceable heads.ĭoes anyone know much more about Epson's 3800? At first I didn't think the lack of a roll feed would be a concern but today, for the very first time, I've had a bash printing 3ft long panoramas on my R1800 and I'm really looking forward to doing even longer ones. Replaceable printheads have their purpose in the event of a clogging issue, which would make the B9180 of interest to users of third-party inks but that's hardly the key purpose.
I'm not a devotee of the B9180 but it seems to me that if the printheads have a good chance of lasting 2 years, then replacing them would be a non-issue. Is it likely that such a user won't have replaced said printer in two years time anyway? I'm not in that category but my R1800 is over 18 months old now, and I'm looking 6-9 months down the road for a potential replacement (if something better hits the market). Users of printers like the B9180 and (to be) 3800 buy these printers because they are cutting-edge. The question of whether the heads will begin to deteriorate much earlier is never asked. Reports from those who are supposedly in the know on other forums imply that the HP heads will last 18 months to 3 years, depending on usage. The term "life" sounds an awful long time, but what is the "life of a printer"? I'll be surprised if it's three years or more. The idea of printheads lasting the "life of the printer" is kind of like Kodak saying prints on their paper will "last a lifetime". IanAlthough I understand why Epson would say that, I've become skeptical in my old age. Epson kind of implies that there is a chance that a relatively small saving in ink for HP owners is more than offset against the likely chance that you will need to buy a new print head at some stage. Their view is that HP print heads have to be easy to replace because thermal ink jet print heads wear out gradually (also causing variablity in the linearisation of the print head - explaining why auto linearisation was necessary with the B9180), while Epson's piezo heads have a life that will be longer than that of the printer. I also put this to Epson while I was a Photokina last month. HP also point out an advantage in that the B9180 print heads are user-replaceable, while Epson ones are factory replaceable only. So there you have it, the HP system is technically superior but Epson says relatively little ink is wasted. The head is flushed when the ink is switched, but it is a minimal amount because only the printhead is cleared, it does not need to flush the entire ink line back to the ink cartridge."
There is an automatically controlled switch on the print head, which switches depending upon the media selection in the driver, and this selects either Photo or Matte black ink. "The SP3800 has an 8 channel head (7 colour, 1 black), but has 9 ink cartridges, and 9 lines running from the ink supply to the print head.
#Epson stylus photo r1800 paper feed problem pro
We asked Epson if this was the same for the Stylus Pro 3800. The B9180's two black cartridges have their own print head channels and so they are primed and ready to go at all times. HP's new B9180 printer, which we're currently testing, also makes swapping the photo and matt black cartridges a thing of the past, but there is a difference. Epson's new A2 format Stylus Pro 3800 has stirred up a lot of interest because it's not that much larger than an A3 printer and because you don't need to physically swap black (photo black and matt black) cartridges when changing between matt and gloss or semi-gloss papers, which wastes ink in other Epson printers.
0 kommentar(er)
