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I don't understand the complaint about cost. You've produced 120 prints at a cost of, say, £180. That's £1.50 per print. Add, say, 50p for paper and it comes to £2 per print. That compares very favourably with Colab (£2.45 plus VAT and delivery) or BPD Photech (£4.50). Maybe you could find a commercial printer that is a little cheaper, but doing it yourself you get a wider choice of papers and you can have the print in your hands within minutes of deciding you want it. That sounds pretty good to me !
John,
I would say the image represents my relationship with this particular printer.
To an extent I agree with your maths. However, I don't print full page so I use about 70% of the paper (~16x24cm window) so that equates to 6/7 A4 pages. Once you add the repeated paper miss feeds (especially gloss), printing with no paper present, nozzle clogs during prints its in the £2.50-3 region. Now there are Fuji Frontier prints available for less than £1 you have to question how you achieve the end result.
That said I much prefer have the control and the immediacy. Having got back from focus, there are much better printers out there achieving better tonal variations than the 800 can, so I will be looking for a replacement.
I paid £280 for the printer, and have spent nearly £400 on ink since.
The overall experience has been one of frustration and disappointment.
I would say the image represents my relationship with this particular printer.
To an extent I agree with your maths. However, I don't print full page so I use about 70% of the paper (~16x24cm window) so that equates to 6/7 A4 pages. Once you add the repeated paper miss feeds (especially gloss), printing with no paper present, nozzle clogs during prints its in the £2.50-3 region. Now there are Fuji Frontier prints available for less than £1 you have to question how you achieve the end result.
That said I much prefer have the control and the immediacy. Having got back from focus, there are much better printers out there achieving better tonal variations than the 800 can, so I will be looking for a replacement.
I paid £280 for the printer, and have spent nearly £400 on ink since.
The overall experience has been one of frustration and disappointment.
Stephen - I sympathise. Wasted paper, having to clear blocked nozzles, etc, doesn't make you feel positive about the kit whatever the maths ! I've been lucky with my R1800 and had to scrap very, very few A3 sheets.
Hope you find a printer that gives you more joy soon.
John
Hope you find a printer that gives you more joy soon.
John
