Ready to throw my B40W out the window..grrr help please..

[JSR]

Price comparison still flawed. D120 with ciis and ink was a lot more than fifty quid. Add the countless mousemat prints that stopped two thirds from finished. Add the hours Of priming and swearing and then binning it the mess and I bought the A4 one. No brainer

You don't have to use a CISS with an Epson, you can use refillables. And those refillables can contain anyone's ink - unlike the Ricoh for which you must use the expensive pre-filled cartridges. There are also many people who swear by Epsons and don't have problems with them, just like there are Ricoh owners who have been stuffed when their motherboards burn out.

But none of that is the point. The post I was referring to said that a £50 printer wasn't as good as a £500 printer - which is pretty obvious, so I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with.

[John G]

But none of that is the point. The post I was referring to said that a £50 printer wasn't as good as a £500 printer - which is pretty obvious, so I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with.

Sorry JSR, I had read your initial post the other way round - I thought you were pushing the £50 Epson as a shining example and slating the Ricoh's. :redface:

[JSR]

Sorry JSR, I had read your initial post the other way round - I thought you were pushing the £50 Epson as a shining example and slating the Ricoh's. :redface:

No, no, quite the opposite! Glad we got that sorted out.

I'm just glad we have so many choices, so we can each go with what works best for us.

[John G]

Yes, we need more printer manufacturers to supply sub ready printers - doubt it will happen though!

[JSR]

Just one manufacturer doing a sub-ready printer would be nice - so we wouldn't have to fiddle about using printers that were not designed for the ink, and so that we'd have proper support if something went wrong. Fat chance of that happening while only one manufacturer can "legally" supply the ink and they show no interest in providing proper support or to invest in the industry.

I wonder if the likes of Epson were allowed to sell dye-sub ink, then maybe we'd see proper support and a much stronger industry, instead of all this cowering behind a patent that's been going on for the last 20 years. (Ignore me, I'm just moaning...:biggrin:)

[gstk]

Sorry JSR, I had read your initial post the other way round - I thought you were pushing the £50 Epson as a shining example and slating the Ricoh's. :redface:

Sorry JSR - I did the same I took slant on that post.