From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 10/14/02-10:40:45 PM Z
Hi Andy ...
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Andrew Darlow wrote:
> If you don't need to go larger than 13" wide, the discontinued 2000P
> has the same inks as the 10000, which is 44" in width. You can pick
> one of those up for $300-500 used or $600 refurbished. They are
> rather slow and ink can get expensive, but they work well.
My (sometimes) sweet little 1160 will print 12.76 inches wide, & I'm not
seeing evidence (am I?) that the pigment print is better for negatives so
I don't (yet) see reason for another digital albatross ... especially
since so far I'm only printing black. (Tho that's another story may have
to be amended....)
> I've used the Pictorico with the new Ultrachrome printer(7600-24"
> wide) but not for making digital negs.
Then what did you use it for? Overhead projection? Ye gods, you mean
they do such a thing? I thought that was merely theoretical, like
calling the refrigerator the icebox..
> The 2200 is the 13" wide
> version and the cost is about $700.
It's not so much the cost in dollars as cost to my sunny disposition. I
think one printer is enuf, for the nonce anyway...
I would think that someone on
> this list has tried those inks for digital negs by now.
If they did, they're keeping mum about it... there may be a message in
that, actually.
cheers (or, rather, sreehc...)
Judy
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