Epson L7160 and L7180

[Laith]

I wanna know if anyone used them. Any drawbacks? What are their counterparts from other brands? Thanks

 

[Laith]

The L7180 might be the same as ET-7750.
Also, I know they have a max paper weight rating of 300 gsm. However, for a specific laser printer, a technician warned us that we should not print on the max paper weight, or else serious damage will happen. I wanna know if this is the same for these two Epsons, or for inkjets in general. Thanks

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

Epson is using different model names in different business regions, the L7160/7180 correspond to the ET-7700/750 sold in Germany. The ET-7750 takes 300 gr paper, but it not just a matter of the weight but as well a matter of stiffness and thickness of the paper which may differ. If you have a problem to feed a paper from the bottom tray you can use the rear paper bin which just bends the paper by 45 deg , and not 180 deg from the bottom tray. I was working with 300 gr papers without problem.
Counterparts - I'm not aware of a similar tank system printer from other companies for A3 , and A4 tank system printers by Canon or HP or Brother don't offer you separate pigment and dye black inks, they all use a 4 color dye CMY inkset with a pigment black.

 

[Laith]

Good to know they can handle 300 gsm pretty well. Thanks for the info.

 

[Laith]

I was working with 300 gr papers without problem.

What kind of 300 gsm paper? matte, glossy, linen? And do these printers have printed page counters?


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[Ink stained Fingers]

What kind of 300 gsm paper? matte, glossy, linen?

I use matte and glossy

And do these printers have printed page counters?

the readout of printed pages is always possible with the status report of the WIC Reset utility

 

[Laith]

I use matte and glossy

the readout of printed pages is always possible with the status report of the WIC Reset utility

OK, thanks for the info

 

[Laith]

Does anyone know the life expectancy of ink tank printers in number of pages when nearly full page images are printed? Thanks

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

Epson printheads have a good mileage anyway - it does not make a difference if the printer runs on ink tanks or cartridges. Just to give you some examples - I did about 18 000 - 20 000 pages - most of them full A4 sheets - with an R265, or 8000 A4 pages with an R800 , or 3300 m of 24" poster paper with a Pro 7600 or a mix of 5000 A4 full pages and 50 000 pages of mixed text/internet and such with an L382. I would think the printers could do more, but I'm experimenting that much with inks , dye and pigment, that I get the printers out of operation before they would die from excessive load, I'm not complaining

 

[Laith]

Epson printheads have a good mileage anyway - it does not make a difference if the printer runs on ink tanks or cartridges. Just to give you some examples - I did about 18 000 - 20 000 pages - most of them full A4 sheets - with an R265, or 8000 A4 pages with an R800 , or 3300 m of 24" poster paper with a Pro 7600 or a mix of 5000 A4 full pages and 50 000 pages of mixed text/internet and such with an L382. I would think the printers could do more, but I'm experimenting that much with inks , dye and pigment, that I get the printers out of operation before they would die from excessive load, I'm not complaining

Thanks for giving me the numbers. I saw warranties on some cheaper (around 250$) Epson ink tanks to be 30,000 pages, and the more expensive (around 600$) have 50,000 pages. Another printer, the L805 or L850, if I remember right, did not have the warranty in pages, but in photos (I do not know which size), 3000 of them.