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Offline 3Deep

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4900 & accurip bundle
« on: July 29, 2013, 01:09:08 PM »
Hey anyone got the 4900 and accurip bundle from Ryonet Pro's and cons if you will.. I'm thinking hard about upgrading from my 3000 since I only have one that's half ass working now and seems David  Parker is still out a few weeks on having anything ready.

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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2013, 01:28:58 PM »
look around for a used 4800, they can be had for $500 or less and buy a RIP separately. Stick with one black ink (we do, but some will disagree with me) from AccuInk (Chromaline).
I think Film Maker is $100 less than AcuRIP, but it is a different animal and AR is much easier to set up and operate. FM will give you more options, but you might have to dive into it a little deeper and it has few extra steps before printing.

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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2013, 01:31:22 PM »
FilmMaker and a 4000 is all you neeeeeeddddd.......

We use one black (MIS) and I converted it to dye based for better opacity and less than ridiculous price.

We actually have 3 - 4000's. I love them.

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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2013, 05:10:06 PM »
Hey anyone got the 4900 and accurip bundle from Ryonet Pro's and cons if you will.. I'm thinking hard about upgrading from my 3000 since I only have one that's half ass working now and seems David  Parker is still out a few weeks on having anything ready.

Darryl
I have a working all black 3000.  Used to be Pierres from blue moon.
Works great.
I just got a used 4900 and bought reusable cartridges for it.

$200 plus shipping and it's yours.  I have some extra ink cartridges too I'll throw in but they are going to expire in the fall.

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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2013, 05:32:46 PM »
Jester let me think on that, like I said, I have one 3000 still kicking but really thinking of moving up to a newer model.  The 4800 and 4900 look to really be nice...I dig the roll cutting

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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2013, 06:03:31 PM »
They are wicked sexy Darryl; we picked up a 4800 earlier in the year, and for a while, it was simply great. Then it ran into some problems, and it's been down for a while, but once I'm not here 14 hours a day, I'll get it back up and running. If you go that route, you should be very happy. I have a great set of instructions that Zoo sent me at the time, it helped a real lot...

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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2013, 09:45:30 PM »
Darryl, I have a brand new 4900 in the box and I could get Cameron to bring it to you when you get film if you are interested.  They are back ordered from Epson for 6 months from what I am told by an Epson dealer.  I am talking cheap too.  PM me if interested.
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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2013, 04:05:29 AM »
Hey anyone got the 4900 and accurip bundle from Ryonet Pro's and cons if you will.. I'm thinking hard about upgrading from my 3000 since I only have one that's half ass working now and seems David  Parker is still out a few weeks on having anything ready.

Darryl

Hey Darryl,
I bought the 4900/Accurip bundle a few months back. 
It was some bucks.  I used to use an epson 1480 for films but it's limited and I went through two of them.  It was time to upgrade.
Nice be able to print big films or batch a bunch of designs together.
It's worked like a charm.
Printer is a beast though, which you probably know.
Hope it all works out for you!

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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2013, 10:37:02 AM »
Just a note:

I used Epson's "matte" black ink for films instead of the stock "photo" black. That's the ink for printing black and white photos on matte or low-gloss paper. For films it was very dense and held crazy sharp detail, even at the lighter settings in Accurip. You can find them online "expired" for next to nothing.
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Re: 4900 & accurip bundle
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2013, 10:40:53 AM »
Thanks all, Homer send me some info on a 4800, I'm going to try and pull the trigger on it

Darryl
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