Epson B1100 Stylus Printer - new A3+ printer

[Paul]

fantastic news this is Will buy it asap..
just found it on play.com for £171 incl. vat and delivery

[Paul]

order placed will let you know what I think when printer arrive.

[bms]

Bit more techy stuff if anyone's interested. I understand this printer uses the shell of the Epson R1900 (just a different colour) and the printhead from the Epson B40W (this being a supported printer in the A4 market by Sawgrass). As a printer it should be fine but interesting how Epson recycle various parts to make "new" printers.

[JSR]

Bit more techy stuff if anyone's interested. I understand this printer uses the shell of the Epson R1900 (just a different colour) and the printhead from the Epson B40W (this being a supported printer in the A4 market by Sawgrass). As a printer it should be fine but interesting how Epson recycle various parts to make "new" printers.

According to the German Epson website (surprisingly useful info there), the B1100 does use exactly the same ink cartridges as the B40W (except that the B40W also has the option of the "so light it's vapour" half-filled cartridges).

On the subject of recycling printer chassis, it's painfully obvious that the quad-black R2400, gloss pigment R1800, and consumer 1400 printers all shared the same chassis. The 1400 actually has blanking plates and bits of plastic where there are additional options for the more expensive printers - most noticeably, the roll paper. It's clear that, for the R1800, Epson just removed the R2400's thick card support and replaced it with a CD feed; and for the 1400, they took the R1800 and crippled the roll paper support (and changed the printhead).

It surprised me when they abandoned all this cost saving with the release of the R1900 - which really offered no real benefit over the R1800, but somehow required a major change to the chassis. Barmy.

As soon as Sawgrass support the B1100, I'll most likely be one of the first in the queue. That's if I can convinced myself that I'm okay with just a CMYK system.

[Paul]

so If I buy carts for B40W they should work with B1100 is that right?

[JSR]

so If I buy carts for B40W they should work with B1100 is that right?

Until someone tries it, there are no guarantees!

All I can tell you is that, if you check out the Epson Germany website, they list the same part number against the 11ml cartridges for C,M,Y, and K, for both the B40W and B1100. They could have made a mistake.

The tiny 5.5ml cartridges for the B40W are not listed against the B1100 - although that could simply be because the only person who'd put such a tiny amount of ink in an A3 printer is a turnip.

[Paul]

but as far I know b40w is 4 carts printer and b1100 is a 5 carts one... so hjow is that then?

[JSR]

but as far I know b40w is 4 carts printer and b1100 is a 5 carts one... so hjow is that then?

We'll all find out when you see if it works!

According to Epson.co.uk, the B40W has four tanks (384 nozzles for BK, 128 nozzles per colour) while the B1100 has five tanks (360 for BK, 59 nozzles per colour). This implies that the B1100 will be slower than the B40W. More nozzles = more speed.

Maybe the B1100 just has two blacks, like some of the older printers, to speed it up? They could still be the same part number (same cartridge in each position). Who knows? Not me...

[Paul]

ok. so what carts nombers r they? any one know? so I would buy refillable ones and check it out

[bms]

so If I buy carts for B40W they should work with B1100 is that right

Not necessarily. Whilst the physical printhead is the same I'm sure Epson will have different firmware in each so that you have to buy B1100 carts for this printer (the information on the chip will be different).