Digital BW, The Print

Nij,

I know what you mean about the 5000. It definately seems like an odd 
duck. If they had made it a 17" printer like the 3000 it would have 
made more sense.

It is difficult to find pricing on the web since I gather this class 
of printer is meant to be sold through a distributor. What I have 
seen, places the 5000 at only $500 less then the 7000. So who is 
going to buy them? If they have the mechanicals of the 7000, 9000, 
etc. they are way too good and pricy for an office/desktop printer 
but if you are an art printer why wouldn't you spring the extra $500 
for the 24" printer. Don't get it. Maybe they will go on sale.

Specs say they have a rear feed. The bottom tray feed would not be of 
much use for art papers.

Even if a 7000 arrived free on my doorstep I would be in trouble as 
there is no room left unless I cut a hole in the wall. Well maybe for 
a free 7000 I could.......

Good luck with the 7000!

Martin



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Nij" <nigel@n...> wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> I think I am still waiting for the BW part of the equation... but 
soon!
> George, I believe, has probably had some decent experience with the 
setup -
> my assumption based on his reviews on the Cone web-site. (By the way
> George - love your images on that site / review).
> 
> I will let you know how I get on!
> 
> I do know what you mean about the system-gap. The 7000 is a BIG 
printer - I
> have a small shelf next to me with two 1160's on different shelves 
(one with
> CIS), a bucket load of spares, hanging files, paper. The 7000 sits 
behind
> this lot (facing the other way) and dwarfs them! Unfortunately, the 
benefits
> of using printers like the 5000 are, I imagine, undone by it's 
smaller sheet
> size and so on than the 3000. The sequence in printer size actually 
goes
> 12xx... 5x00... 3000... 7x00... 9x00 etc but in price the 3000 and 
and 5x00
> swap round so it all gets rather confused. Does anyone have any 
experience
> of the 5x00 printers wrt paper feeding? Is it a 'pro workhorse' or 
an
> overpriced desktop unit??? :)
> 
> nij
> 
(snip earlier)