With the Sydney Life competition, it is a requirement that the applicant must be a "mid-career, established working artist" and you got to accompany your CV with your work, so this is not designed for me
This thing costs about $1150 (internet store price), not cheap by any standard. The running cost for the ink is about $2 per A3 photo (based on epson's stated capacity of the ink), which is quite acceptable, on a high quality paper the cost for each A3 prints would be about $5-6, much cheaper than doing them outside. The initial investment is not cheap though.
thanks for the link, Richard
Where did you get info about the $2 and $6?
$6 for a high quality A3+ print is really really cheap
the initial investment is not only about purchasing a printer, it's more about controlling the output as Greg said, right?!
I was initially thinking about the Canon 9950 which is about $8XX and I saw and loved the output of this printer. But since R1800 is a lot newer than anything else, I think it's wiser to go with this one. I don't know much about printers, but I think you won't go wrong with Epson or Canon...
Zane Yau wrote:
Where did you get info about the $2 and $6?
$6 for a high quality A3+ print is really really cheap
I don't know much about printers, but I think you won't go wrong with Epson or Canon...
The specs say a single colour cartridge would print 440 A4 pages at 5% coverage, therefore, it should print 22 (440 x 5%) A4 full coverage, ie. 11 A3 with full coverage. The cost of each cartridge is about $20, therefore it's about $2 each for A3. Cost of the better glossy paper in A3 is about $80 for 20, ie. $4 per A3 page.
If you're getting the R1800, you should get it soon, they are giving a pack of 20 A3 papers with the purchase. I'm thinking seriously about it. Does your freind sell them too Zane?
Ed, i also looked at the R2400 on the epson site, but can't seem to find them for sell though?
Zane Yau wrote:
With the Sydney Life competition, it is a requirement that the applicant must be a "mid-career, established working artist" and you got to accompany your CV with your work, so this is not designed for me
I think all you guys are established working artists, and u've all done it for many years. It's just that you're doing it part-time (weekends) and doing it for free! I'm sure u can still enter, just need to make up a good enough CV! You don't have to give them your academic CV and don't tell them how much you're earning otherwise!
rwwlee wrote:
The specs say a single colour cartridge would print 440 A4 pages at 5% coverage, therefore, it should print 22 (440 x 5%) A4 full coverage, ie. 11 A3 with full coverage. The cost of each cartridge is about $20, therefore it's about $2 each for A3. Cost of the better glossy paper in A3 is about $80 for 20, ie. $4 per A3 page.
So $2 for each A3 print for each cartridge and there are 8 cartridges right?
If you're getting the R1800, you should get it soon, they are giving a pack of 20 A3 papers with the purchase. I'm thinking seriously about it. Does your freind sell them too Zane?
Hmm...yes I will get a printer but not sure which one. I still dont know the diff b/w the R1800 and 2400. I haven't done enough research yet and I am going to sell some lenses before I get a printer.
My friend quoted me $1057 for R1280 and $1489 for R2400. However, he suggested me to get a R210 for $169 to start with and get a taste of printing first, knowing that I am a complete novice in printing. He's using the R210 and is very happy with it. I've seen the 4R prints and they are pretty good... Do you think it's a good idea to invest ($169) into an A4 printer, knowing that I may want an A3 printer in the future?
Just ordered the R210 plus USB cable plus some papers from my friend...will be delivered tonight...I thought it doesnt hurt giving it a try (for its price)
