Epson Photo R200 printer: One Black ink Cart. for Everythi..

External Since: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 5

Hello:

Trying to advise friends who know very little about printers, and don't live
in area.
Not that I know much more.

Anyway, regarding the Epson Photo R200 printer:

Does this printer have a separate black cartridge for just printing b&w
regular letters and drafts, and
a separate one for the blacks required for photo printing ?

Looked at their site, but not that clear regarding this; seems to imply just
one ?

Or, is it that one black cartridge does everything ?

If so, is this a "bad" feature as regards printing costs ?

(my old Canon photo printer had two black cartridges I believe, one for each
function)

Thanks,
B.

External Since: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 25

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> Hello:
>
> Trying to advise friends who know very little about printers, and don't live
> in area.
> Not that I know much more.
>
> Anyway, regarding the Epson Photo R200 printer:
>
> Does this printer have a separate black cartridge for just printing b&w
> regular letters and drafts, and
> a separate one for the blacks required for photo printing ?
>
> Looked at their site, but not that clear regarding this; seems to imply just
> one ?
>
> Or, is it that one black cartridge does everything ?
>
> If so, is this a "bad" feature as regards printing costs ?
>
> (my old Canon photo printer had two black cartridges I believe, one for each
> function)
>
> Thanks,
> B.
>
>
>

The R200, R210 ect, have a black (Photo-black) cartridge, and if you
want to print text documents it is NOT the printer to buy, it is a Photo
printer, NOT a document printer.

Yes, Epson says it will print documents as well as photos, (and it will)
what they dont tell you is the cost of using it as a document printer is
VERY high,even if you re-fill your own cartridges, its a lousy way to
print documents other than photos.

Even a CHEAP laser printer which needs replacement of the entire print
assembly to refill is cheaper to run than most ink jet photo printers
when printing text documents.

There just isnt any free ride.

Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.