I disagree strongly with you on one point. "that our favorite printer manufacturer will continue to research and develop newer and better print technology".
If they make obscene profits on what they got, which is the case now, why develop at all. Just sit back and reap the fruits of what you got.
If we all were to cut them off by buying competitive CISS ink, they will be forced to develop printers we need, instead of printers they need.
On 22-Dec-2010 10:58 PM, David Barr wrote:
On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Brian Yarvin wrote:
I think the ink is the major expense for most photographers.
Rolf:
Thank you once again for your long post. It was well worth reading.
No matter how I parse it out, I wind up spending more than a thousand dollars a year on ink.
The next step up is either bigger and heavier, messier, or even more expensive.
Back to the drawing board.
I too spend more than $1,000 a year on ink. If I can reduce the cost significantly it might be worthwhile but I have to consider how much time and effort I'm willing to expend trying to save a portion of that $1,000.
I already stated that for every day printing of invoices, letters etc. I use an Epson Workforce 600 which is pretty cheap to operate, it doesn't take much ink and I believe I only paid about $70 for the printer.
For colour prints I use and Epson R1800 and I am considering upgrading this to Epson 3880 or 4900. The R1800 has been a great printer and while the ink is on the expensive side the printer itself was very inexpensive. Often I print for my own satisfaction , most pictures are supplied to clients as digital files. I do however sell prints to enough clients to offset all my printing costs. A possible advantage of "overpaying" for ink is that our favorite printer manufacturer will continue to research and develop newer and better print technology. This is a benefit worth paying for.
Time is a limited resource and I for one can think of better uses for my time than trying to save a few bucks on printing.
David B
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