From: Larry Roohr (lrryr@home.com)
Date: 11/05/00-02:52:47 PM Z
The 1160 will print to ~12.8" wide, the 3000 will go to ~17" (dont know the
exact number).
You can get a refurbed 1160 for 185$ (www.refurbdepot.com), a continuous ink
supply for it for ~$100 (www.nomorecarts.com), and inks at about 1/10 the
cost of Epsons ink cartridges (several choices here).
If I remember right a refurbed 3000 will run you $800 - $900. I heard a
rumor that Epson is coming out with a replacement for the 3000 in the
January time frame, so you'd have a choice of cheap 3000's or a 'smaller
dot' new printer.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thor Bols" <thorbols@hotmail.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: inkjet negs?
> 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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> >
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