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Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: Charles Gast on December 21, 2007, 01:41:49 pm
I think I saw a post about this a while back but I am amazed at how fast this printer goes through a light gray ink cart!

I will always buy the discounted two-packs of the light gray carts from now on.
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: rdonson on December 21, 2007, 02:59:47 pm
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I think I saw a post about this a while back but I am amazed at how fast this printer goes through a light gray ink cart!

I will always buy the discounted two-packs of the light gray carts from now on.
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Light gray was the first cart I had to replace followed quickly by GE (I was printing a lot of satin at the time).
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: sloow on December 21, 2007, 06:42:58 pm
Me too, Light grey and Gloss Enhancer. With my little Epson it was always light magenta that ran out first.

I guess anything remotely resembling off white uses the light grey
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: walter.sk on December 22, 2007, 06:18:05 pm
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Me too, Light grey and Gloss Enhancer. With my little Epson it was always light magenta that ran out first.

I guess anything remotely resembling off white uses the light grey
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 My Z3100, also.  Maybe the light gray is used to desaturate other colors?  At any rate, I'll be getting twin packs of the LG and GE.
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: wsolum on January 04, 2008, 02:38:46 pm
I haven't had to replace any cartridges yet but my LG is lowest followed by GE.  You know what would really suck, is if all of them emptied at the same rate.  I couldn't afford $900 all at once.  OUCH!


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I think I saw a post about this a while back but I am amazed at how fast this printer goes through a light gray ink cart!

I will always buy the discounted two-packs of the light gray carts from now on.
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Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: mballent on January 04, 2008, 04:25:11 pm
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I haven't had to replace any cartridges yet but my LG is lowest followed by GE.  You know what would really suck, is if all of them emptied at the same rate.  I couldn't afford $900 all at once.  OUCH!
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My plan is to by a few colors over the next few months of the twin packs, then the sting will not be as bad.  Is atlex.com the best price for it?
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: rdonson on January 04, 2008, 05:12:11 pm
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My plan is to by a few colors over the next few months of the twin packs, then the sting will not be as bad.  Is atlex.com the best price for it?
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ATLEX certainly has good prices, can't say they're the best but I don't feel the need to shop around.  They have fast service and I've dealt with them for several years so I feel good about buying from them.
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: dkeyes on January 04, 2008, 08:50:55 pm
Same usage for me, Gloss goes first then Light Grey. I use gloss for every print.
I've been buying my twin packs from Cost Central  http://www.costcentral.com/searchresults.p...rds=z3100&GO=GO (http://www.costcentral.com/searchresults.php?keywords=z3100&GO=GO)
They are the least expensive I've found. About 3-5$ cheaper than Atlex.
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: wsolum on January 08, 2008, 05:35:00 pm
Thanks for the link -- their prices look good.

One thing I noticed though.  They sell 13 different ink cartridges for the Z3100.  They list a Cyan in addition to Blue and Light Cyan -- my configuration uses the Blue and Light Cyan but not regular Cyan.  What's up with that?


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Same usage for me, Gloss goes first then Light Grey. I use gloss for every print.
I've been buying my twin packs from Cost Central  http://www.costcentral.com/searchresults.p...rds=z3100&GO=GO (http://www.costcentral.com/searchresults.php?keywords=z3100&GO=GO)
They are the least expensive I've found. About 3-5$ cheaper than Atlex.
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Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: walter.sk on January 08, 2008, 06:16:50 pm
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T They sell 13 different ink cartridges for the Z3100.  They list a Cyan in addition to Blue and Light Cyan -- my configuration uses the Blue and Light Cyan but not regular Cyan.  What's up with that?
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Not to worry!  The Cyan is for the Z2100 series.
Title: z3100 Light Gray ink usage
Post by: William Morse on January 09, 2008, 12:51:50 pm
Try Provantage.com-

Cheapest I've found, but slow shipping to some states.

Regards,

Bill Morse

Wm. Morse Editions
www.MorseEditions.com


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I've been buying my twin packs from Cost Central.  They are the least expensive I've found. About 3-5$ cheaper than Atlex.
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