What about the 860/1160 with 3rd party archival inks? Aren't they much less
costly than the 2000P? Or, what am I missing?
Hersch
At 07:16 AM 01/26/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Perhaps Rob should have said the 2000P is the only archival ink printer that
>is affordable for individuals. The 9000 Stylus Pro is listed on B&H for
>$12,695.95, for example. These are all large format printers for printing
>murals and stuff like that.
>
>Frank Paris
>marshalt@spiritone.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Hart or Mary Jo
> > Corbett
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:06 AM
> > To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?
> >
> >
> > The Epson 7000, 7500 and 9000 all use archival inks and all claim
> > 100 to 200
> > years, per the Epson site [sprinkle on as much salt as you think is
> > appropriate!!]
> >
> > Hart Corbett
> >
> > ----------
> > >From: "Rob Geraghty" <harper@wordweb.com>
> > >To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> > >Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?
> > >Date: Thu, Jan 25, 2001, 3:01 PM
> > >
> >
> > > "Hart or Mary Jo Corbett" <hnmjcorbett@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >> That's sure a long ways from the 100 to 200 years longevity
> > that Epson was
> > >> caliming on its Web site for it printers from the 2000P on up!
> > >
> > > Presumably the new printer doesn't use pigment based inks.
> > AFAIK the 2000P
> > > is the *only* printer Epson make with OEM pigment based inks,
> > and the *only*
> > > one they have claimed over 20 years longevity for.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
> > >
