Nigel Harris
Fan of Printing
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2019
- Messages
- 35
- Reaction score
- 32
- Points
- 60
- Location
- Manchester UK
- Printer Model
- Epson 3800
Hi there,
Just a short notice to say hello and thanks for this forum, I've already found valuable information from the FAQs and various other threads. I continue to be amazed about how little I actually know (that's about most subjects, by the way!)
In our home we have a couple of printers. The workhorse is an Epson WF-3620 multi function mullarky. Has been dutifully chugging away for some years now, gets hammered with photocopying and general report/spreadsheet printing. Has been impeccably behaved to date. Have and continue to use OEM cartridges for this, although as I type I'm now wondering there's probably a smarter way!
The other printer is an Epson Inkjet Pro 3800. This is the naughty one that has been misbehaving recently. I'll post separately about that so as not to clog up this thread (sorry bad pun), I really would appreciate some help and guidance. And to be fair, if it hadn't started to play up, I probably wouldn't have discovered this community, so that's an upside.
I bought the 3800 new at the time, OEM ink to date and it has seen sporadic use, as I don't use it for business purposes. Stored in a cupboard when not being used. I love photography as a hobby, although I've never been able to dedicate enough time to it to get good. A few years back I put some stuff up onto Flickr, you can see an example here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nigeharris/8354437668/in/album-72157632406126070/
Anyway in terms of printing there are only so many A2 or A3 prints you might want to produce before your home has run out of wall space
And thus with hindsight, if you ask me what printer I would want, perhaps I should have considered getting things printed for me by a print shop before opting for the 3800. Maybe that would have been wiser, I've not costed it out!
In terms of my experience of tinkering with printers, I guess my knowledge is limited. I understand concepts such as dpi, colour management and suchlike, but it has only been recently that I've immersed myself in the more physical and mechanical nature of the printing device itself (and INK!!), out of necessity. Glad that I enjoy learning. It just seems to take *ages* to research a new topic!
Work-wise my career to date has been in technology across the utility industry and more recently the postal service and I live in the UK, near Manchester. Oh, I'm a dog lover. But we don't have a dog. We have a cat (Burmese) - chaotic evil.
All the best,
Nige.
Just a short notice to say hello and thanks for this forum, I've already found valuable information from the FAQs and various other threads. I continue to be amazed about how little I actually know (that's about most subjects, by the way!)
In our home we have a couple of printers. The workhorse is an Epson WF-3620 multi function mullarky. Has been dutifully chugging away for some years now, gets hammered with photocopying and general report/spreadsheet printing. Has been impeccably behaved to date. Have and continue to use OEM cartridges for this, although as I type I'm now wondering there's probably a smarter way!
The other printer is an Epson Inkjet Pro 3800. This is the naughty one that has been misbehaving recently. I'll post separately about that so as not to clog up this thread (sorry bad pun), I really would appreciate some help and guidance. And to be fair, if it hadn't started to play up, I probably wouldn't have discovered this community, so that's an upside.
I bought the 3800 new at the time, OEM ink to date and it has seen sporadic use, as I don't use it for business purposes. Stored in a cupboard when not being used. I love photography as a hobby, although I've never been able to dedicate enough time to it to get good. A few years back I put some stuff up onto Flickr, you can see an example here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nigeharris/8354437668/in/album-72157632406126070/
Anyway in terms of printing there are only so many A2 or A3 prints you might want to produce before your home has run out of wall space
And thus with hindsight, if you ask me what printer I would want, perhaps I should have considered getting things printed for me by a print shop before opting for the 3800. Maybe that would have been wiser, I've not costed it out!In terms of my experience of tinkering with printers, I guess my knowledge is limited. I understand concepts such as dpi, colour management and suchlike, but it has only been recently that I've immersed myself in the more physical and mechanical nature of the printing device itself (and INK!!), out of necessity. Glad that I enjoy learning. It just seems to take *ages* to research a new topic!
Work-wise my career to date has been in technology across the utility industry and more recently the postal service and I live in the UK, near Manchester. Oh, I'm a dog lover. But we don't have a dog. We have a cat (Burmese) - chaotic evil.
All the best,
Nige.
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