Re: Replacing my old 1280 with....?
I am also interested in this thread but Iwant a smaller size printer. Can anyone recommend a printer for A3 plus? I need a printer for colour separation diginegs for ultra violet exposures. What about HPs? I remember a mail from Sandy King recommending the Epsom R1800 in the economy range and the HP B9180. Does this advice still hold? Also with the price of ink so expensive, the running costs may be a more important consideration than the initial cost. ----- Original Message ----- From: <kerik@kerik.com> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:06 PM Subject: RE: Replacing my old 1280 with....? The Pro model comes with Colorburst RIP software. If you need a color RIP, it may be worth the extra $$. Otherwise, the printers are identical. I did not get the pro version since I don't do a lot of color printing. Kerik Original Message: ----------------- From: BOB KISS bobkiss@caribsurf.com Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:36:26 -0400 To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: RE: Replacing my old 1280 with....? DEAR ALL, I have read many postings about how good the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 is. When I Googled it I saw that there were two versions: 1) Epson Stylus Pro 3800 and 2) Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Professional Edition which costs about $200 more. ******Please advise which one you are using and which you recommend. Also, any one know what the differences are? CHEERS! BOB -----Original Message----- From: kerik@kerik.com [mailto:kerik@kerik.com] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:56 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Replacing my old 1280 with....? I've got a 3800 and love it for digital negs and prints. Been using it problem free for over a year. Huib is mistaken about this Epson. It does NOT require any swapping/purging when switching from matt to gloss ink. It has all cartridges installed and swithes automatically depending on the media you specify in the driver. Kerik Original Message: ----------------- From: Huib Smeets huib@huibsmeets.com Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:37:48 +0100 (CET) To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Replacing my old 1280 with....? Susan, I'm just reading along here, not really doing alt stuff myself, so I can't comment on inkjet, inkts and UV properties for digital negatives. I recently bought a Canon ipf5100 (17") printer. It is a nice machine for those that print on matt and glossy media equally as it does not require any inkt swapping/purging/cleaning as with the Epsons. It's more expensive then an Epson 3800 but cheaper then the Epson 4880 model. I'm very please with the deepness of the matt black inkts. I never liked the matt papers from the wet darkroom but now I'm a bit in shock&awe that I like the matt inkjets better then prints on glossy media. Exactly the other way around as with prints from the wet darkroom.... The printer seems also to be reasonable frugal with inks, expected more ink usage. Oh, and not to forget :-) great prints, great color, nobanding or any other symptoms of poor design/performance. The previous model (ipf500) was hampered by poor user documentation, Canon has improved a lot here, I had no trouble in setting up the printer. Huib Hi all, I just posted this question at Hybrid, but also wanted to toss it out here, 'cause I need all the advice I can get. I haven't been around here much 'cause i've been working on an exhibition of my paintings these past few months, but now that's hanging, and I'm itching to get back to making some digital negs and photogravures. I'm also ready to replace my old 1280 printer. I'm thinking about the Canon 9000, 9500, or maybe even an Epson 3800. What I want to print: 1.... colorized digital negatives with PDN, for making photogravure printing plates. (My Epson 1280's inks worked great for the degree of UV blocking I need.) 2... "giclees" (i hate that word), of my paintings. Full color on matte surface fine art papers. Of course I want rich darks, which I worry about on a matte paper... 3... and finally, I'd like to make some b&w prints of some of my photos as well, which I will likely work into with paint or ink or whatever. I've been reading every review and forum post I can find about these and other printers, but I'm more confused than enlightened. There's just too much conflicting info, and a lot of outdated info as well. Any advice you'd be willing to offer would be SO appreciated. I'm ready to order it asap, but I need your guidance on what will work best for me. thanks! Susan -- Susan Daly Voss ___________________________________________________ March 2008 gallery exhibition "Duet" at www.dalyvoss.com gravure blog at www.susanvossgravures.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - MicrosoftR Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange __________ NOD32 2953 (20080317) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting
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