That's great!!
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Does anyone have any direct experience with the Epson SureColor P400? (as opposed to the P600 and P800 mentioned a bunch in here)
Any feedback would be great appreciated.
I don't think this would be a very good option for the inks it uses. There are no light black dilutions so all the blocking density would be coming from the PK and color inks. You will get spotty/grainy midtones and highlights if you use the OEM inks.
You might be able to put in an all gray inkset in there, but for the money, it would be better to go with something like the 1430 and use a dedicated inkset, or a refurbished 3880 and switch to PiezoDN or leave it UCK3 and use my new QuickCurve-DN system.
I have been researching the sc-p800 myself for digi - negs, by chance I went to one of the 3rd party ink supply sites to look for cheaper alternatives to the AU$600 plus quote for inks, they were also selling a door switch for the p800?? Interest aroused I investigated further, the shortcut will lead you to the story, but basically it stops those pizza/pinwheels from engaging, the site is for the 3880. There is also a you tube vid showing how to re-use the old maintenance cart. Has made up my mind to get the P800
https://jkschreiber.wordpress.com/20...-an-epson-3880 (hopefully the same for the p800 as claimed)
Hi everybody,
i wanted to reopen this thread because i am also looking for a printer to make own negatives
for palladium prints. i like the p600 (maximum i can afford and makes good "normal" paper prints),
and would like to ask the people who have the printer, if the issues are still occuring and if you
would still recommend it?
How is the experience with the piezography? For what i saw on the first glance, the inks and so on are really expensive. It is only for black and white, right? Is it easy to switch between the inks, for example once the inks from piezography
are empty?
thanks a lot for your help and answers
Henrik
Can't answer your question about piezography, but my P600 does work really well. I've had no problems since it was solved. (I couldn't get it to print on film).
I've heard great things from friends and other artists that piezography works great. Sorry I can't answer that fully.
Lesley
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My experience over the years is that most of the Epson printers work well with quad tone rip... I have actually not seen one that did not... I am not sure about the other makes of machines.
Only Epson printers can be run with the QuadToneRIP driver. There are other RIPs that can be used with Canon and HP printers, but they are very expensive and not as good for making digital negatives as QTR.
It is definitely possible to make digital negative with the Canon Pixma Pro-100, and with other Canon and HP photo printers, and if you work hard enough at it you can make very good negatives with these printers.
But if you are buying a printer to make digital negatives an Epson with QTR offers the ultimate in control of the process. And the current generation P600 and P800 printers work as well with QTR as the previous generation of Epson printers, though profiles from the other printers must be optimized for the new printers since their inks are more efficient blockers of UV light.
Sandy
p800 works fine for a digital negative with OEM ink.
requires a very light curve (compared to CANON imagePROGRAF 8400)
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