Hello everyone, it has been years since I have been on this forum or any others regarding printing but have some questions with regard to our new Epson 9900. I was so use to running the 7600's that I could do it with my eyes closed. The 9900 is opening up a whole new area and questions.
First let me say that I love this printer, it is fast and the quality is great. I added this printer as I do a lot of printing for others and wanted something to go larger than our Epson 7600.
I have a few questions that have some up in the last two weeks when running it;
1) Single cut option - I have set the option for one cut on the properties screen but when I print it is still is doing a two cut. What am I missing?
2) Not cutting between prints and leaving the white slug - I have also set this so it should not cut the first print and leave a white slug and it is still cutting the first print and then starting over with the white slug (this is when printing print after print at the same time). Again, what am I missing? I have gone through a roll of paper for just the slugs forget about the prints, on the 7600 I could print one after another with no slugs in between prints.
3) Ink usage - I am comparing this printer to the 7600 and I am going through what seems to be a lot more ink. Has anyone noticed the same thing? Is this because of the cleaning cycles? Should the cleaning cycles be shut off and run manually? I am not running in the highest quality mode as we are unable to detect a difference in the quality with the human eye.
4) Cost per print - I have looked for a cost per print (or even a ink usage guide per square foot) so I can make sure my prices are in line with costs but have not been able to find anything. I realize costs will depend on the cost of paper & ink but a rough guide would be nice if anyone has found one.
I know I have a lot of questions but this is a major learning curve that I want to overcome ASAP.
Thanks,