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HP 9180, where to buy in the US?

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Has anyone bought from inkjetart.com? They're not listed by resellerratings.com...
 
Leo G said:
And $272.00 to replace the 8 ink cartridges -- ouch
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Ah 28ml carts that cover more than other makers equivalent coverage, ends in real savings, savings in time, savings for the environment, savings in space. Ouch yes when you first look but ahhh when you realise that it's a good thing for everyone.
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From outbackphoto

"As of now we have made about 200 prints (mainly 9x6 inch prints on letter sized paper but also some A3). The Light gray needed replacement (is most needed) but still all other colors are on the first cartridge."

Tom D
 
Tom DeMita said:
HP 38 Seven Ink Color Composite Yield Approximately 870 4X6 Photos
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Thanks for the link. Unfortunately it doesn't look all that frugal. For comparison, the "old" Photosmart 8200 series has a composite yield of 240 4x6 Photos, so the B8190 cartridges are about 3.6 times.

One thing I noticed is that the B8190 uses very little Magenta and Cyan inks - their page yields are almost 5000!
 
I think the page yields on any printer are highly variable depending upon how intense the printing is (i.e. Max DPI or not) and of course the color involved. On my Canon i9900, the Red and green carts are hardly ever used while the photo cyan and photo magenta are the first to go. Interestingly, the black is quite frugal too.
 
colourgeek ,

Where did you find the 28ml spec, I looked (not real hard) but couldn't find how big the were. Thanks.
colourgeek said:
Leo G said:
And $272.00 to replace the 8 ink cartridges -- ouch
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Ah 28ml carts that cover more than other makers equivalent
coverage,> --
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http://www.neilsnape.com
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Leo G
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Primus said:
I think the page yields on any printer are highly variable
depending upon how intense the printing is (i.e. Max DPI or not)
and of course the color involved.
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HP has developed a "standard" test that they use for all their recent printers.

BTW, Max DPI or not has very little impact on the ink usage.
 
A few more details are immerging on shipping dates. JR.com has a 10% discount between now and September 16th. Amazon.com says: This item will be released on September 7, 2006. Pre-order now.
 
thanks.
 
Thanks.
 
I ordered one.

I was hoping buy.com would have one. You order from Buy.com. They tell you it is back ordered. You cancel. They rush one in the mail and tell you it was too late to cancel. You get it with a shipping date of the day after you cancelled. What a racket. Alas, they didn't appear to be selling it.
 
I just placed my order. Thanks.
 
Thanks. I ordered mine from Amazon too. Strange, I've been searching for it there but didn't find it earlier. If you look for it as HP 9180 it doesn't show up. Anyway, they say it will be shipped between 13th and 16th, and with free shipping and no tax, it's a bargain.

Now for the supplies. I know this was mentioned earlier, but could someone (Neil perhaps) tell us what inks run out first (light grey and light cyan, if I remember correctly), and where to get the best deals on ink and paper online. (Amazon has the inks selling for $28, but the paper is from another source).

Thanks everyone who has kept up the interest in this printer. I am really excited and looking forward to getting some really good B&W prints.
 
Light Grey is used in the transitions in color images, and as the light element to high key B&W's or anywhere the tone is less than about 60% to keep the dots invisible. If you're printing on fine art this doesn't apply though as the matte black takes over at a different cut in.

So LG , LM, and LC if your images are coloured , not too saturated, and towards a bright scene. For those who do a lot of saturated, dark shadowy images it will use little of the above, and rather the solids.

Many users in the U.S. use Altex? for DJ supplies. You can order them directly from HP from the printer utility or so was the plan while under developement.
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