While still comptemplating differences between the print samples I have received
from Denton Taylor and Joel Wilcox, I received the following e-mail from a
PhotoForum list member who owns an Alps MD-1300 printer like myself. If you
look at the very bottom, you'll realize that this press release is on topic with
respect to Olympus.
Tomoko Yamamoto
mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
>Thought you might be interested in this. Check out the Home/Personal
>category near the end of this.
>
>Doug
>
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: TOM CRAWFORD
>February 19, 1999 email:
>tcrawford@xxxxxxxx
>
>1999 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out winners announced LAS VEGAS, NV -
>The winners of the 1999 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out were announced
>today at the PMA 99 Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas,Nev., USA.
> Winners were chosen from 90 prints from 32 companies displayed
>during the DIMA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday and
>Wednesday, Feb.16-17. The winning prints are on display in Booth D144
>throughout the PMA 99 Trade Show.
> Entries in the DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out were produced from
>files created by The Color Place Inc., Dallas, Texas, USA. Participants
>were asked to provide specification information pertaining to the
>equipment used (printer, printer engine, RIP and color management); the
>consumables used (output media, ink/toner/dye and lamination); and the
>production timing. The entries were voted upon by DIMA voting members at
>
>the DIMA Annual Conference, based on criteria that included quality,
>production and price.
> Below are the winners of the 1999 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out:
>
>Commercial/Professional Categories and Winners
>
>Wide Format (>52" wide)
>LightJet 5900 Wide Format Photo Printer, Cymbolic Sciences, Bellingham,
>Wash.
>
>Wide Format (>52" wide)
>Ilfocolor 2000 RC paper, Ilford, Paramus, N.J.
>
>Wide Format (>36" to 52" wide)
>Onyx PosterShop Version 4.5, Onyx Graphics Corp., Midvale, Utah
>
>Wide Format (>36" to 52" wide)
>Epson Stylus Pro 9000, Epson America, Torrance, Calif.
>
>Wide Format (>36" to 52" wide)
>Epson Photo Glossy Paper, Epson America, Torrance, Calif.
>
>Wide Format (>36" to 52" wide)
>Epson Ink, Epson America, Torrance, Calif.
>
>Medium Format (11" to 36" wide)
>ColorSpan Giclee PrintMakerFA, ColorSpan Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn.
>
>Medium Format (11" to 36" wide)
>ColorSpan ColorMark Pro 4000 and Color Management Software, ColorSpan
>Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn.
>
>Medium Format (11" to 36" wide)
>Kilborn Glossy Photobase PDG, ColorSpan Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn.
>
>Medium Format (11" to 36" wide)
>ColorSpan EnduraChrome - 8 color, ColorSpan Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn.
>
>Small Format (11"-by-17" and below)
>RasterPlus 95 v.2.0, Graphx Inc., Woburn, Mass.
>
>Small Format (11"-by-17" and below)
>Fuji Pictrostat Digital 400, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., Elmsford, N.Y.
>
>Small Format (11"-by-17" and below)
>Fuji Pictroprint Paper, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., Elmsford, N.Y.
>
>Home/Personal Categories and Winners
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - above $500
>Alps MD-5000, Alps Electric (USA) Inc., San Jose, Calif.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - above $500
>Alps Vphoto Print Film, Alps Electric (USA) Inc., San Jose, Calif.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - above $500
>Alps Micro Dry Ink (thermal transfer), Alps Electric (USA) Inc., San
>Jose,
>Calif.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - $200-$500
>PhotoBryte Digital Imaging Paper, Arkwright Inc., Fiskeville, R.I.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - $200-$500
>HP PhotoSmart Photo Printer, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - $200-$500
>HP PhotoSmart Ink, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - below $200
>Canon BJC-5000, Canon Computer Systems Inc., Costa Mesa, Calif.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - below $200
>Canon HG-201 (High Gloss Photo Film), Canon Computer Systems Inc., Costa
>
>Mesa, Calif.
>
>Small Format (8.5"-by-11" to 11"-by-17") - below $200
>Canon BC-21e & BC-22e, Canon Computer Systems Inc., Costa Mesa, Calif.
>
>Photo Print Format (Below 8.5"-by-11")
>Olympus P-330 Instant Photo Printer, Olympus America Inc., Melville,
>N.Y.
>
>Photo Print Format (Below 8.5"-by-11")
>Olympus Single Standard Photo Paper - 3-pass (UV overcoat optional),
>Olympus America Inc., Melville, N.Y.
>
>Photo Print Format (Below 8.5"-by-11")
>Olympus Dye-Sublimation (2,400 dpi inkjet equivalency), Olympus America
>Inc., Melville, N.Y
>
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