Well, I have an Alps Md-1300 and an Epson 1270 and I would dare you to tell
the difference in print quality. I like the Alps, but I think they're
withdrawing from the US market. IN fact, I'm about to put mine up on
ebay...
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Beals" <bandy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <bandy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Photo quality printer
> On Tue, 30 May 2000 16:30:32 -0400, Utchat1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Look at the Alps printer MD5000, it's not the fading ink jet type
printer.
> > Prints have a 60 + life. I love mine. Draw back, there's always
something,
> > the largest print size is 8.5x11.
>
> 8.5x14 according to their web page.
>
> Which is weird. given that the carriage is much much wider than that. I
think
> you could stuff an 8.5x11 sheet of paper in sideways and it would fit.
[Yes I
> know, the width is so that you can stuff in a kajillion "ink" carts, which
is
> never enough, anyway.]
>
> Paper handing would tend to fall off at anything larger than 14 inches,
> though, I can see that.
>
> Once I get home, I'll have to check its driver to see what's the largest
sheet
> of paper it thinks it can handle.
>
> Prints black black, white whites and everything else at that.
>
>
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