Hello All

As regulars here will probably know I use print to file and Lab Printers.

However, now having trouble with preferred lab dumming down, quality is still ok, but uploading images takes hours and I mean hours.

I am considering getting a R1900 but am a little concerned about the cost of prints.  I have read a comprehensive review and there was a section on ink consumption showing the amount of ink consumed when changing a single tank, there was a lot of ink lost on all tanks, the comment being that if you changed a single tank any others that were getting low almost immediately became a candidate for changing, and so it went on loosing ink at each change.  There was an illustration of tank level after these printing and changing tanks and it looked very frightening.  At the moment I cannot find the review to have another look - thought I had booked marked it but as Fred knows I have Dementia setting in  

I have looked at external tank systems as supplied by Fotospeed and Permajet where ink is bought at much larger 125ml volumes and wonder if this is an option.  I don't know if the systems supplied by these firms are any good except to sell their paper!
 
I don't want to buy the printer and then be afraid to use it because of the cost of ink.

Has the British members here got any figures - say cost of printing say an A3.

Jeff

Thanks for comments.

Even a rough quantity is difficult to estimate.

At present I prepare about £10 worth of images at a time for lab printing - economies of postage cost.

I will have to give matter some more detailed thought.

Jeff