Printer Just Died!

[elwoodsusanm]

My Epson R300 has just died on me this afternoon. I have been looking at an 'all in one' the Epson RX600. This is a dye-based printer. Can anyone tell me what the differences are please. I also have the Epson 1400 which uses Claria Inks.

[JonE]

Differences in regard to what? Capabilities? Quality? Ink? What are you looking for direction on? The RX600 is a very capable multifunction.

[elwoodsusanm]

Inks mainly as I find the information a little confusing. Is Dye-based the same as Claria Ink?

[Not4wood]

I was just looking at the 600 but at the same time I ran accross the RX680 and its just as nice with the high quality Clarion Inks, has 2 paper draws and I spotted it can also scan slides which I only see once and it doesn't appear anywhere else???

Has fast printing, duplex printing, can print on cards which means it can also deal with heavier stock paper as well. Can print up to 8.5x14 and in high quality printing has a fast printing speed. Looks good to me, a more normal price then the larger 13x19 printers and just as good quality. I'm interested... About $158-$199 depending on where. I see Staples has it for $169 but I have to go to the store to confirm.

[troush]

I just bought the Epson RX680 (my previous epson died). It is really nice and I've been happy with it, but it does NOT scan slides. It will only scan photos, etc.

-Trish

[Codebreaker]

Claria inks are dye based as opposed to the K3 inks which are Pigment based. What that really means in terms of image quality is anybodies guess. The only thing I know about dye based inks is that they are not water tight.

BTW: my general purpose Canon printer is on it's last legs and I'm looking at replacing it with the Epson R360 - I already have the R2400 which is just used for photography work.

Colin

[Not4wood]

Originally Posted by troush

I just bought the Epson RX680 (my previous epson died). It is really nice and I've been happy with it, but it does NOT scan slides. It will only scan photos, etc.

-Trish

Thanks Trish.

Have you tried duplex printing yet? I see that most other printers have an accessory to be able to do this but this printer has it included.

Also, what do you think of the photos you've printed from the 680? How bout, if you knew then, what you know now would you do it again??

[lexcell]

Dye based inks may have a bit brighter colors but are not archival. Pigment based inks are archival.

[Codebreaker]

Although Epson claim 200 years under the right conditions. They also appear to be more tolerant to water.

http://www.whypaymore.epson.co.uk/pd...erview_1_0.pdf

Colin

[Inspeqtor]

Originally Posted by lexcell

Dye based inks may have a bit brighter colors but are not archival. Pigment based inks are archival.

What does archival mean? Thanks