Here's my 2 cents on the subject of photoprinters. After many years of
taking pictures I slowly began to regard "some" of my photos as more than
"snapshots". Since I have no desire to get involved in the
developing/printing process, these "keepers" were always developed and
printed by someone else. Over time this became unacceptable. Enlargements
were either cropped wrong or overexposed in areas that shouldn't have been.
Note that I don't sell my photographs, I hold no pretentions that someone
would buy them. But, I found I needed to please myself and the only way to
do that was to control the entire photographic process.
About 6 months ago I began to look into photoprinters. Affordable
photoprinters that would satisy my eye when compared to a darkroom produced
image. At a recent photo trade show, I passed the Epson area casting a
skeptical eye. I didn't allow myself to look too closely convincing myself
that the quality still wasn't at the level where I would consider making a
purchase; until last month.
I purchased the Epson 1200. A 6 color printer that produces utterly
spectacular 11 x 13 prints on super glossy paper. Ignore for the moment the
arguments of image longevity, the debate over archival papers and inks, and
consider what you can produce on your desktop!
RonS
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Volkhart Baumgaertner
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 8:07 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] photo printers
Yo y'all,
recently, there has been quite a bit of talk about digital cameras and slide
scanners on the list. While I found that very interesting - particularly the
slide scanner part - something that was hardly mentioned are the printers
needed to get hard copies of the scanned shots. I saw a demonstration of an
Epson Stylus Photo a couple of years ago and thought the results were
amazing, but if I were to buy a photo printer now I wouldn't know whether
one of the Epson models would be the way to go or whether there are better
alternatives. Of course, the two main considerations would be print quality
and cost (printer, paper, ink/colors). I think it will be a while before
digital cameras can challenge the quality of the photos my OMs deliver, but
a digital darkroom with a high quality scanner and printer would be a nice
thing to have. While I know I would probably go for a Canon 2710 or a Nikon
Coolscan III LS 30 scannerwise, I would appreciate any info on what printers
I should consider.
MtFbwy,
Volkhart
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