Which Epson

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Jim Crawford

Hi , I'm new to this group so my query has probably been asked many times,
for that I apologise.
I'm thinking of either a C66pe or R200, mainly for Word documents and some
photos, can anyone recommend one of these please?

Jim
 
They are different printer is several ways.

The 66 uses pigment inks designed for low fading over time and
waterproof service even with bond paper. It is a four color printer,
and will use less ink, although I do not know how costs differ one the
cartridges in your area.

The R200 is a dye ink printer, and uses 6 colors, including two light
dye load colors, cyan and magenta. It will use more ink up when making
color images. The inks are not in themselves waterproof, but most Epson
papers make them so. The R200 has a CD/DVD printer built in. Both use
individual color cartridges, if you think that is important to you.

The 66 with the Durabrite inks, may be a bit more finicky in terms of
ink clogs due to the ink formulations (pigment and resins).

The Epson website www.epson.com and click on your world location, will
provide information on printing speeds.

Art
 
Arthur Entlich said:
They are different printer is several ways.
The Epson website www.epson.com and click on your world location, will
provide information on printing speeds.

Art
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Thanks for your input folks, I've ordered the R200 .

Jim
 
They are different printer is several ways.

The 66 uses pigment inks designed for low fading over time and
waterproof service even with bond paper. It is a four color printer,
and will use less ink, although I do not know how costs differ one the
cartridges in your area.

The R200 is a dye ink printer, and uses 6 colors, including two light
dye load colors, cyan and magenta. It will use more ink up when
making color images. The inks are not in themselves waterproof, but
most Epson papers make them so. The R200 has a CD/DVD printer built
in. Both use individual color cartridges, if you think that is
important to you.

The 66 with the Durabrite inks, may be a bit more finicky in terms of
ink clogs due to the ink formulations (pigment and resins).
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This is good information. I was considering a CX6600, but may lean
towards the RX500 because of this.

Does the yellow ink go as fast (get used as fast) in the 6 color printers
as in the Dura Brite printers? My CX5200 really gobbled the yellow ink.
 
Both the 4 CMYK and six color CcMmYK printers would tend to use ink up
at the same rate, since they both use only one cartridge for yellow.

The R800 might be different, as it uses red ink, which has some yellow
in it. Several printers are out using green, orange, red or blue inks
in different combinations.

In general, the light dye load inks (like the light cyan and magenta)
get used at about twice the use as the darker dyeload inks (CMY).
Depending upon subject matter, some people find yellow gets used up a
bit more rapidly, since it is needed for red and green, orange and yellow.

Art
 
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