Digital BW, The Print

On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:08 AM, Greg wrote:

> A few people are saying that the Claria printers use ink much faster
> than the previous R series printers. Something you might want to
> consider checking out before making an investment. If the fade
> resistance is real, then I can see the desire for these printers, but
> if the ink consumption is really as bad as other people make it out to
> be, I can't see these machines surviving very long.
[snip]

Me either, Greg, and thanks for this report, which I'll try to check  
out, but I believe these printers are the first on which Epson has  
reported on ink-cartridge yields based on a new and still "emerging"  
standard. So I'm not optimistic about being able to compare yields  
across the old-new standard divide. But if I can find paper I like on  
which the Claria inks live up to Epson's promo, I'll probably be glad  
to live with whatever the pages-per-cartridge yield is, especially  
for envelopes, business cards, postcards, etc. Because I'd do those  
in small quantities as well as small formats, and the R260 itself is  
only about $100 (new, w/rebate), so it wouldn't be a big investment  
for me.

Thanks again.
--
Sam