I am soon to purchase a new printer. I am looking at the Epson 9880 or the Epson 9900. Working out the ink costs in ml the 350ml cart of the 9900 works out a little over 5 cents per ml cheaper than the 9880 from a 220ml cart.
My questions are; 1. Do both printers have the same ink cover rate, ie: use the same amount of ink? 2. If I used a 150ml cart for green and a 700ml light, light black would they run out about the same time in normal use? 3. Do the ink cover doors closed over the 700ml carts, unlike say the Epson 7000?
I will take any advice or help in choosing the printer or how to get one at the lowest cost with out risking problems.
Thanks Bob
1. pretty close.
2. unsure. Guessing no, but you are the right track. LK and LLK will go much faster, so running 700's in those two is logical if using 350's in the others.
3. The doors cover the larger cartridges, in fact you cannot run the printer with the doors open.
As Dan mentioned, a wealth of information if you search the forum ( if you can wade through it all). Bottom line, I'd get the 9900 because of the superior roll paper feed system, superior cutter, sturdier build quality, 40% faster printing speed, and state of the art output quality.