Campos & Davis Photos (photos@campos-davis.co.uk)
Sat, 10 Jul 1999 12:49:19 +0100
No problem with leaving our Epsom EX for four months whilst in Brazil.
Epsom said we did not have to take the cartridge out or clean it on start
up again. Worked fine. Am making digital negs for use in many processes.
Campos & Davis Photos
6 Cranbourne Road
London N10 2BT
Tel/Fax + 44 181 883 8638
email: photos@campos-davis.co.uk
WEB SITE: http://www.campos-davis.co.uk
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> From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: laser vs inkjet
> Date: Saturday, 10 July, 1999 7:24 AM
>
>
> We had this discussion, sort of, last year, but it ended kind of hanging,
> as did I. Now I want to buy a printer that can do large size digital
> negatives, & seek info.
>
> Epson Stylus Color 1520 will do 11x17 inches "and larger" I'm told, up to
> 1440 dpi. And costs only about $500. The cartridges don't last long, but
> I'm not planning high production. My hesitation is that the inkjet
"pixel"
> is, (as seen in the limited tests I've run from inkjet negs) not as
> versatile and attractive (in my opinion) for printing gum as the dot from
> the laser -- the "rosette." At least as found so far.
>
> There's also the nuisance of the thing getting dried up or whatever it
> does if you don't run it every week, then has to be sent back to factory
> (or so I was told, maybe that's not true) for overhaul.
>
> There's an 11 x17 laser printer for about $1000.... Nice laser dot, and
it
> can be varied from coarse graphic "pattern" of Adobe Photo Shop to very
> fine resolution, but...
>
> I haven't seen that printer yet, but I suspect it's bigger & heavier, so
> harder to accomodate than the Epson... Also, I gather that by printing
> the colors all together the inkjet can make a denser negative.... plus
> the inkjet on *paper* waxes without smearing. The laser negative on paper
> has problems -- must be very carefully waxed and even then can offset.
>
> In the interval since we talked about this, things may have changed. Also
> I expect to learn more in the actual halls of commerce... but I figure
> that the more I ask now the less I'll kick myself later. (And speaking of
> self-kicking, I got the *expensive* Polaroid Scanner, which is so
> splendidly engineered that it is impossible to insert and scan a slide
> perfectly straight, ie, not tilted one way or the other. Perfectly
> maddening.)
>
> I know there are folks on the list who swear by Alps... what kind of dot
> does that do? (Or are you all in Santa Fe...?)
>
> Thanks in advance for any knowledge or advice,
>
> Judy
>
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