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Epson L800 printer: a printing factory that refills itself

Epson has launched printers with built-in refillable ink tanks system. L series printer L100, MFP L200, photo printer L800 – the first series of devices, called “Epson Printing Factory”, where this system is installed by the manufacturer itself.

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Up to that time there were Epson printers converted on which this system was installed by a crude method and the user was automatically deprived of service support.

L800 photo printer is not equipped with the traditional removable cartridges with a small capacity 15-20 ml , but with containers of 70 ml, which can be refilled after the ink is used up. The design of the containers makes ink refilling easy even for inexperienced users.

Special system of ink blocking in containers ensures safe transportation of the printer, eliminating the possibility of an ink leak. 6 containers of water-soluble ink are included.

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Here we should emphasize the cost of the containers: one container 70 ml costs 480 Dollars., whereas a cartridge 13-17 ml is 530 Dollars. Printer is designed for business users who need economical printing of large quantities of color images, as well as for photo salons and photo labs.

For printing color and black and white documents, the Epson L100 printer of similar design, but with four containers is more suitable. Its ink is less dense, which allows it to print well on office paper.

The printer is also attractive for amateur photographers because of the high quality of printing at a very low cost. 10×15 cm color image printed in 12 seconds. Epson L100 printer was named the best printer of 2011 by Hard & Soft magazine.

In the model L800 high quality prints are achieved through the use of Epson Micro Piezo printing technology and a small volume of droplets – only 1.5 ml.

Maximum print resolution – 5760×1440 dpi. The undoubted merits of the printer should also be included a very low cost of prints. The cost of a color picture of 10×15 cm format is not more than 1.5 Dollars. Excluding paper.

The sizes of photographs that the printer can print are varied: from 9×13 to 210×297 cm, including all intermediate sizes 10×15, 13×18, etc. . d. used in amateur and professional photography. Printer is connected to PC via USB 2 port.0.

Warranty period is 6 months or 3000 prints, which is probably not much for such a company as Epson. The printer is very ergonomic: power consumption is only 13 watts.

The printer weighs 6.2 kg and costs 8700 Dollars.

There is no doubt that it would quickly pay for itself due to its low cost of printing and its high speed.

it is to be hoped that Epson in the near future will take the next step and release the A3 format printer for instance, based on the world renowned Epson Stylus Pro R3000 , but with larger capacity containers.

According to printers, such a printer could successfully compete with small-format printers.

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  1. Andrew Parker

    How does the Epson L800 printer refill itself?

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