Filed under: Printing | Tags: bulk ink, epson, installation, lyson, Printing, r2400
The instructions said 30 minutes. Took more like an hour and a half, but the Lyson bulk ink system is now installed on my Epson R2400. The lid does close but I’ve left it open on this picture to show how it fits in. The instructions were pretty clear and the process isn’t difficult, just long-winded and slow.
When it came to doing the nozzle checks and cleaning I thought that I’d installed it incorrectly as it took about 12 cleans and checks before I got a good nozzle check print. The instructions said it should only take 4-5 but that wasn’t how it went for me.
I’ve done my first print out to compare colour between the original Epson Ultrachrome K3 inks and these Lyson Photochrome R24 inks and the results are pretty good. I was always aware that I’d need to tweak my printer profiles to get output that matched the colour of the Epson inks and the bulk system comes with a really helpful CD with sample profiles and tips to help get you going. If you click the test print image on the right you’ll instantly see that the yellow balance will need altering but, apart from that, the results are pretty well matched to the original Epson inks.
With some tweaking I think I’ll be able to match the output to the original inks, so so far so good!
Well it took a while to arrive, but my Lyson bulk ink system for the Epson R2400 has finally turned up this morning. It was the courier’s fault – they spent 3 days playing pass the parcel between depots as none of them thought my address was in their delivery area!
As you can see there’s a lot to it and about 20 pages of instructions to read through to get it installed. But it will be worth it (well I hope so anyway).
The benefit of this system is that it will cut my ink costs by about 70% whilst still using archival quality inks. It also means that I won’t have to keep ordering ink supplies – it comes with the equivalent of about 6 Epson cartridges of each colour and the refills are even bigger. Lyson (who are only just up the road from me, but you can’t order direct!) have a long history of quality ink production and they created archival inks specifically for the R2400 so the results should be fantastic.
I’ll be installing this later after I’ve done some bulk printing of flyers and stickers to use up the current cartridges I have in the printer.
Filed under: Design Process | Tags: creation, doodling, drawing, paper, process, sketching
So I figured I’d start giving some background to the processes I use when I design. It’s a little convoluted, I guess, but that’s more to do with the way I’m comfortable drawing. I’m sure others will find the process I use pretty long winded, especially as my first step is always, without fail, pen and paper! And that’s where we’ll start in this first installment.
So here I am with a new blog. It’s a bit roomy at the moment, I think it needs tucking in around the waist and probably letting out in the trousers.
I guess it would help if I told you who I am, wouldn’t it. My name’s Gareth Lancaster and I design paper products (mainly, it gets a bit complicated, there’s a whole heap of other stuff that that doesn’t cover, but it’ll do for now) that I sell on Etsy. My store’s here, if you’re interested: http://moopf.etsy.com/
I can’t promise I’ll update the blog every day, week, month. OK then, I’ll update it when ever I have something to say. Which can be quite often. In fact, you’ll probably get sick of me before long. Or maybe not. Of course I’ll blog about new stuff I have in my store but I want to do more than that, so I’ll be picking on some fellow Etsy sellers and blogging about their wonderful creations (the stuff I like, you know how it goes). I’ll be grumbling about the artistic process (hah, yeah right!) and postulating on the whys and wherefores of selling, promoting and shouting ‘Hello, can you hear me!’ when you feel that nobody’s listening.
Which probably includes you now. I mean, you’re not still reading this, are you? Come on, in the immortal words of Why Don’t You, go and do something less boring instead…
…but do come back, please 
