R1800/r2400 $$$

Voyage · 5th January 2006

Was quote $1070 for epson R1800 & $1700 for R2400 at cathay!

Any where can i get a better price

Thanks.

taiwanapurasteve · 5th January 2006

IIRC - R1800 is $1050 from SE Asia computer at Funan. Completely worth the price though.

Watcher · 5th January 2006

You may want to wait till the computer fair in March. I got mine at S$930 the last time at the computer fair (under CP

)

Voyage · 5th January 2006

Thanks Guys, hope to get at $930, oh my u so lucky

Watcher · 6th January 2006

Originally Posted by Voyage

Thanks Guys, hope to get at $930, oh my u so lucky

I'm not the only one... but have to see the young boss of CP's bao gong face...

Beachboy · 6th January 2006

Originally Posted by Watcher

You may want to wait till the computer fair in March. I got mine at S$930 the last time at the computer fair (under CP )

i am waitting for it

Voyage · 7th January 2006

Originally Posted by Watcher

I'm not the only one... but have to see the young boss of CP's bao gong face...

No way, I pay I'm the Boss.

Lets make the march IT Show a success !!!

Watcher · 7th January 2006

Originally Posted by Voyage

No way, I pay I'm the Boss.

Lets make the march IT Show a success !!!

Ha ha. I had asked them to print out my picture out as a sample. The boss was not happy but the sales guy was already printing it, so he bo bian.

Ah_Seng · 7th January 2006

Any idea how much will each ink cartridge cost for 1800 model?

KNIGHT ONG · 7th January 2006

Originally Posted by Watcher

You may want to wait till the computer fair in March. I got mine at S$930 the last time at the computer fair (under CP )

yeap .. I was quoted 1040 at Funnan .. and I told them my price was below 1k and they ...

Watcher · 8th January 2006

Originally Posted by Ah_Seng

Any idea how much will each ink cartridge cost for 1800 model?

Same as the R800. Around $21 for the colored inks, $11 for each GLOP

Watcher · 8th January 2006

Originally Posted by KNIGHT ONG

yeap .. I was quoted 1040 at Funnan .. and I told them my price was below 1k and they ...

I think they were authorized by Epson to sell at that price during the fair...

di0nysus · 12th January 2006

which epson is 'pro' enough for A4? seems like the pro models are all A3 sizes?

canturn · 13th January 2006

Originally Posted by di0nysus

which epson is 'pro' enough for A4? seems like the pro models are all A3 sizes?

Epson Pro series prints from A2 onwards.

Watcher · 14th January 2006

Originally Posted by canturn

Epson Pro series prints from A2 onwards.

Nope. If you look at the R1800 brochure, it is a pro printer.

canturn · 14th January 2006

Originally Posted by Watcher

Nope. If you look at the R1800 brochure, it is a pro printer.

The Pro series are the ones that are individually hand-calibrated before they're packaged. Production-level models also have much higher capacity ink catridges.

Watcher · 14th January 2006

Originally Posted by canturn

The Pro series are the ones that are individually hand-calibrated before they're packaged. Production-level models also have much higher capacity ink catridges.

Epson does not have that definition. Firstly, R1800/R2400 is only viewable at Wheelock Place and not Funan will tell you that it is not a consumer printer.

Secondly, the bottom of the page of the R1800 brochure says "Prographic"

Thirdly, R2400 is linearized at the factory before it is shipped. It has only the small carts for inks.

TPH · 15th January 2006

Sorry for being out of topic.
As R1800/R2400/4800 do not have postscript support, i am thinking of buying 3rd party software for my Indesign/Quarkxpress layout works. http://www.iproofsystems.com/ is providing such support. Maybe R1800/R2400/4800 users can provide some feedback/guidance. Thanks.

Ah_Seng · 15th January 2006

Originally Posted by Watcher

Same as the R800. Around $21 for the colored inks, $11 for each GLOP

Thanks Watcher.

Watcher · 16th January 2006

Originally Posted by TPH

Sorry for being out of topic.
As R1800/R2400/4800 do not have postscript support, i am thinking of buying 3rd party software for my Indesign/Quarkxpress layout works. http://www.iproofsystems.com/ is providing such support. Maybe R1800/R2400/4800 users can provide some feedback/guidance. Thanks.

Frankly, I doubt you would really need a RIP, which is what iProof Systems is providing. The reason for PS is to allow vector diagrams to be sent directly to the printer where the PostScript engine would render and generate the image.

Nowadays, the printer drivers on the OS gives close enough quality when you print these images through the application itself where the app would rasterize the image and send the data to the printer as raster rather than vector data. RIP can convert PS to raster data but if you want to buy it just to print the pictures, you don't need it. If you want to buy the RIP to have better output, yes, but the difference is not that significant nowadays. If you want to buy just to get better photo output printing by bypassing the printer driver and take control directly, may be, but only when you know how to set it properly.

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Voyage Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 263	R1800/r2400 $$$ Was quote $1070 for epson R1800 & $1700 for R2400 at cathay! Any where can i get a better price Thanks.

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TPH Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 169	Re: R1800/r2400 $$$ Sorry for being out of topic. As R1800/R2400/4800 do not have postscript support, i am thinking of buying 3rd party software for my Indesign/Quarkxpress layout works. http://www.iproofsystems.com/ is providing such support. Maybe R1800/R2400/4800 users can provide some feedback/guidance. Thanks.