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Oh well... Who knows... It might be cheaper....

bms;42434 wrote:They will be prefilled, but at the price then it will be cheaper to buy the prefilled cartridges rather than the ink to fill them!

Which printer are we talking about?

It's going to be an Epson A1 printer (24" max print width capable of e.g. A4, A3, A3+, 17" Roll, 24" roll)

bms;42438 wrote:It's going to be an Epson A1 printer (24" max print width capable of e.g. A4, A3, A3+, 17" Roll, 24" roll)

Ah, I see... just a tiny bit more pricey than my £60 setup with large cartridges then? :biggrin:

Would this be classed as "large format" and so the ink costing will be lower due to competition and the patent only applying to small format printers?

JSR;42439 wrote:Ah, I see... just a tiny bit more pricey than my £60 setup with large cartridges then? :biggrin:

Would this be classed as "large format" and so the ink costing will be lower due to competition and the patent only applying to small format printers?

No large format is 42" or wider. This is small format still.

bms;42440 wrote:No large format is 42" or wider. This is small format still.

Blimey! I need a new dictionary...

I'm guessing this is one of the 8-inkset Epson printers, so the ink cost will be 8x350ml. Wow, that won't be cheap. Probably work out cheaper to spend more on a large format printer and save the increased printer cost on the cheaper ink.

JSR;42444 wrote:Blimey! I need a new dictionary...

I'm guessing this is one of the 8-inkset Epson printers, so the ink cost will be 8x350ml. Wow, that won't be cheap. Probably work out cheaper to spend more on a large format printer and save the increased printer cost on the cheaper ink.

No it will have 4 cartridges plus a cleaning cartridge in the configuration. We have details online, but until this is officially launched then the page is 'hidden' away.

bms;42447 wrote:No it will have 4 cartridges plus a cleaning cartridge in the configuration. We have details online, but until this is officially launched then the page is 'hidden' away.

Oh, I see, top secret - hush, hush, walking-sticks with poisoned tips - stuff... :biggrin:

I guess I'm out of touch with Epson printers. I didn't know there was a 4-cartridge plus "cleaning cartridge" (ahem!) 24" printer in their range. I thought you might have been talking about the 7xxx series (oh, but where's my thinking? That's a 24" one that Epson defines as "large format". Clearly there must be a 24" one that they define as "small format"... :biggrin:).

JSR;42448 wrote:Oh, I see, top secret - hush, hush, walking-sticks with poisoned tips - stuff... :biggrin:

I guess I'm out of touch with Epson printers. I didn't know there was a 4-cartridge plus "cleaning cartridge" (ahem!) 24" printer in their range. I thought you might have been talking about the 7xxx series (oh, but where's my thinking? That's a 24" one that Epson defines as "large format". Clearly there must be a 24" one that they define as "small format"... :biggrin:).

The 7xxx also has a 9xxx. The 9xxx would be "large format" in Sawgrass speak

bms;42452 wrote:The 7xxx also has a 9xxx. The 9xxx would be "large format" in Sawgrass speak

And if 44" printers were more commonplace, Sawgrass would immediately classify them as "small format", too... I think if I was spending around three grand on a printer, I wouldn't want to be tied to just one supplier of ink.

"Yes, it does take 10 minutes to walk from one end of the carriage to the other, but it's still 'small format'..." :biggrin::biggrin: