The Stylus Photo R3000 is set to retail for £699.99. Some users may be disappointed that increasing the ink volume by 2.27x only reduces the ink cost per millimetre by 3 pence - though wastage is reduced as one cartridge is used for every 2.27 of in the R2880. This compares with 97 pence per millilitre for the R2880's ink which is supplied in cartridges with a volume of 11.4ml. The list price of compatible cartridges is £24.35 (inc VAT) each, which means a complete set of nine cartridges will cost users £219.15.Īs each R3000 cartridge contains 25.9ml of ink, a unit cost of £24.35 means that every millilitre of ink cost around 94 pence.
As well as reducing the frequency with which the cartridges have to be replaced this allows some economy of scale. In addition to the abovementioned image-enhancing, workflow-improvements, the Stylus Photo R3000 also features ink cartridges that contain about 50 more ink per cartridge (approximately 25.9ml per cartridge) compared to the cartridges used in previous generation Stylus Photo-series desktop printers. A cartridge capacity of just 11.4ml can also mean that keen A3+ printers are also likely to become anxious about the frequency with which the cartridges need replacing.Įpson has addressed this with the R3000 by fitting it with cartridges that contain 2.27x more ink, 25.9ml. Another issue with the R2880 is part of a wider concern about the cost of inks.
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