From: Christopher Lovenguth (zantzant@hotmail.com)
Date: 02/26/03-03:38:35 PM Z
Hi, I'm looking to get a mid-range printer to do mostly proofing and
non-serious work on. But also I want to print negs for alt processes. I told
myself I'd never go this route but I'm getting sick of lugging my old style
100 pound (just kidding but it feels that way at times) Calumet 8x10 around
to do my large format work.
First I'm not ready to spend a lot, in fact of the two printers I'm asking
about, even the Epson at $699 is probably too high for me right now. So
please keep that in mind.
Anyway, I'm looking at the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 and the Canon S9000. They
both look to have great specs (on paper). The Epson sounds a little better
then the Canon (can use roll paper and the ink system sounds better). Do any
of you out there use either of these? If there is anyone also who have seen
prints and negatives made from both of these and feel comfortable in rating,
is the Epson worth the extra $200?
Also if there are any other printers to recommend that are under $600 please
do. Please also keep in mind that my reference for seeing images printed by
"Consumer printers" is limited to only my old HP Deskjet 720C and high-end
commercial prints in galleries. So anything newer at the consumer level is
going to be a huge step for me. I probably will not need anything larger
then 8x10 as a negative and I see that both printers I'm looking at will do
13" width, so I'm fine with that.
I should also mention that I plan on using the negatives from these for
mostly Daguerreotypes and Van Dykes. I don't want it to be obvious that I'm
using a digital negative (I don't want to see texture from the ink)Is this
realistic from a mid-ranger printer?
Thanks,
Chris
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