Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Chris. Very helpful. > On Sep 13, 2022, at 12:12, Christopher Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > The 2200 was my first good printer. Bought it 20 years ago and wore it out > making prints for exhibition and sale. I replaced it with an r2400, which > I also wore out. By then, I was selling a lot more 16x20 prints, so I got > a P800. That's the predecessor to the P900 that Jayanand and Brian > recommended. My P800 is wonderful; the P900 should be at least as good. If > you don't mind the higher price for the 17" printer, it is worth the money. > > One nice thing about Epson's 17" printers is that the waste tank is > user-changeable. Costs about $40 for a new one. When the waste tank on my > 2200 filled the first time, it cost me $160 to have it replaced by an > Epson Authorized Service Center (we actually had one in Fort Wayne back > then!). When it happened the second time, I replaced the printer. The > later printers are really a lot better than the 2200; the prints have a > lot less metamerism (meaning they don't change in appearance as much under > different light sources) and if you do B&W prints, the later models have > the Advanced B&W mode that makes gorgeous neutral or toned B&W prints that > are vastly superior to those that the 2200 made (and the 2200 wasn't bad > for B&W, just the newer inks are far better still). > > I have a tutorial on using the B&W mode on the P800 that should work > identically on the P900 if you buy one (and you should). > > https://youtu.be/kxkpJEzn8YM George Lottermoser george.imagist at icloud.com