![]() Easy! With the tanks loaded, the printer will now go into "priming" the system to get ready to print. Just be careful not to take the bottle out too abruptly just in case a drop leaks out. You just unscrew the lid, and stick the bottle in and give it about a minute to drain out. The ink bottles are "keyed" to the respective tank. There's my older Epson ET-2550 on the right. Turns out I had no problem at all filling the ink tanks: As you might expect, the running cost with inks will be much higher on those.Īlthough the package contains a plastic sheet just in case filling inks gets messy, I took a chance and just had some kitchen paper towels around to wipe out any ink spills. Note that if you're a professional selling archival-quality prints, you'd probably want to upgrade to one of the UltraChrome printers using pigment inks (check out the Epson SureColor P700 13" or P900 17" models for example). ![]() I've seen reports that B&W printing with the "Velvet Fine Art" paper setting uses a combination of dye and pigment black inks (might be a good option for matte and "watercolor" type paper). Longevity also will depend on the paper of course.Ĭolor prints will be using the 5 dye inks. While dye inks do not have as good longevity compared to the pigment variety, Epson claims the Claria inks should last many years ( a brochure claiming 98 years in a glass frame, 200 years in album, we'll see :-). These are dye-based inks for the most part although the Black (BK) ink is pigment-based. This involves getting the ink into the "EcoTank".Īs mentioned above, this printer takes 6 "Claria ET Premium" color inks - 70cc bottles of Photo Black, Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Gray. Once you plug it in and turn it on for the first time, it'll start running you through the routine of getting your first print. As the name implies, this is intended for photo printing with its 6 ink tanks as opposed to the 4 on the ET-2550/ET-2760. If all you need is standard-width 8.5" then you can check out the less expensive EcoTank ET-8500. In fact, I was so impressed that I simply had to jump at grabbing one of these new Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 units when they became available recently. Since 2017, that printer is still going strong! Never had any issues with print head clogging, and it has achieved stable connection through the WiFi in my home and accessible to all computers within the network sitting unobtrusively in the basement. Of all the years of using printers, that device was the first time I felt ink jet represented good value. This probably will become more important in the years ahead due to inflationary pressures with possible slowing of technological innovations in consumer electronics.Ī few years ago, I mentioned about the Epson ET-2550 (these days supplanted by the Epson ET-2760) for basic color printing. ![]() Whether in audio or computer tech, I like products that represent value. While for the most part this blog concerns itself with audio stuff, every once awhile it's nice to diversify into discussions of other tech products over the years we've talked about TV tech, CPUs, and networking for example. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |