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Re: Epson printers: cartridge life

2005-03-08 by spineasy

And it will take over 2 months to prints running 8 hour days 7 days 
per week.

Greg Lockrey

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Money is just a tool.
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-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spineasy" 
<spineasy@y...> wrote:
> 
> You will roughly use about 115- 220 ml cartridges also. 
> 
> Greg Lockrey
> 
> Wealth is a state of mind.
> Money is just a tool.
> Happiness is pedaling + 25 mph on a smooth road.
> 
> http://pages.prodigy.net/glockrey
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "William 
Real" 
> <realw@c...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I am trying to budget for a project that will entail making 
around 
> > 30,000 unique 8x10 b+w ink jet prints. I need to estimate the 
> number 
> > of 
> > cartridges I might need to buy. I have not chosen a printer yet 
> but 
> > the Epson 4000 is one that is under consideration. Speed is 
> somewhat 
> > of a factor.
> > 
> > Do any of you know how many 8x10 b+W prints I might get, at a 
> medium 
> > quality setting like 720 dpi, on photo quality ink-jet paper, 
for 
> > each black ink cartridge for the Epson 4000?
> > 
> > Do you have any suggestions for other printers to consider? A 
> decent 
> > printer that is relatively fast at the settings I described, and 
> for 
> > which there are continuous inking systems available, would be of 
> > interest to me. [The Epson 4000 does not seem to have any 3rd 
> party 
> > continuous inking systems--does it?]. I would consider an A4 
> printer 
> > but it would be nice to have the option to print to 13" width.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > William

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