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| JakeHC:
Just checking in, Some good points guys. I'm gonna give the friends printer a go in the next couple of days. While a large upfront cost, it's meant to be able to do 6000 black pages and 4500-5000 pages until ink needs a refill. It's about 30 dollars to refill the black and maybe 15-20 per colour, Relatively cheap. Granted those page quotes aren't for heavy duty photo printing. I've seen figures quoting something like 30 times the amount of ink compared to conventional inkjet printers. I'll post results when I've got them. |
| JakeHC:
Just an update with some results. Tried the epson printer with continuous ink. A little disappointed to be honest. Didn't have a whole bunch of time but just tried printing using my wifes mac laptop. Set it as photo paper and on best quality. As you can see the black is very washed out. https://imgur.com/a/HQ55Tfu The comparison cover is from a repro I bought off of someone and it came with a case. The colours are quite good but I want that deep black :( EDIT: I've just seen this site. I think I'll have to give this a go. http://printingplusfl.com/true-cmyk-black-printing/ |
| JakeHC:
After long deliberation, I decided to go with a photo printer that isn't continuous ink but offers photo black ink as well. Got the Epson XP-6000 for $129. Does exactly what I needed it to do, replacement XL cartridges will run me around $30, something I'm willing to part wth. Here's an update shot, starting casing up my NES games in 27mm DVD cases. My conversion was a touch off for battletoads with the spine being too wide but I'm very happy with the result. <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/hOhwLrV"><a href="//imgur.com/hOhwLrV"></a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
| wiggy:
--- Quote from: ShoothimNow on April 19, 2018, 01:23:58 PM ---Take cost of ink ( / toner ) into account and how many things you have to print with that $400 AUD, and with print yields per color --- End quote --- That is indeed a concern for anyone trying to print a LOT of covers. I don't know how much I spent on ink for the 1,000+ covers I've printed before switching over to the shop's digital press (fancy/stupid name for a commercial laser printer), but it weren't cheap :( Still, I'm constantly fighting with color correction on the laser, and some colors I simply cannot reproduce :-\ |
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