Re: inkjet negs?

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From: Thor Bols (thorbols@hotmail.com)
Date: 11/05/00-01:50:44 PM Z

If your primary use of the printer is for gum negatives and not
high-definition archival color prints, you may wish to consider the purchase
of a refurbed 3000 or 1160. Both are built like tanks, offer greater sized
prints and can be had qhite cheaply now. They'll not help you in the
footprint department, though.

(they are also MUCH MUCH cheaper to run, as they can use alternative inks,
ie., other than the $6000/per gallon Epson stuff)

>From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: inkjet negs?
>Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 14:10:05 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Paul Egan wrote:
>
> > Just bought an epson 1270, and am working with ibm transparency film.
> > (until I can get some pictorico)
>
>I've been planning to do this for years, and I'm REALLY planning to do it
>now: buy an inkjet for negatives. But I find little info in catalogs: For
>one thing, is there any advantage to the 2000P for NEGATIVES (not "photo
>quality" prints) over the 1270, other than outlay of an extra $400?
>
>My main hesitation, however, is size... going to the trouble to learn yet
>*another* infernal machine seems a lot for a negative only 13 inches wide
>(oh damn, the gypsies stole my Ikea tape with both inches and centimeters
>-- apologies to any gypsies and the inch-impaired). I don't care how long
>the print is, gum escalates, now wants 15 by longer.
>
>Of course the relatively small footprint of the 1270 is very attractive --
>but does anyone know of greater print *width* available other than
>commercial equipment ?
>
>Judy
>
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