From: Don Bryant (dsbryant@mindspring.com)
Date: 02/27/03-03:18:35 PM Z
Thom,
The short answer is to save your money until you can afford a good quality printer and scanner, besides over the long haul consumables will cost you much more than the equipment.
Get your wife a cheap (inexpensive) HP printer and an inexpensive scanner. Get better hardware for digital imaging, you will be much happier and in the end spend less money.
My 2 cents worth,
Don Bryant
-------Original Message-------
From: Thom Mitchell <tjmitch@ix.netcom.com>
Sent: 02/27/03 01:35 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Off list advice wanted for scanner and printer, please
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> My wife has decided she needs a new scanner and a new printer. I would like
to get something for her general use that I could use for digital negative
making, and other alt-process work. We have a home network so I plan to
scan
it in on her computer and then process, tweak, scream, yell, rant on my
computer and then print it back out via network share on hers.
I am choosing this venue because frankly I am hoping a for some
succinct
useful advice without starting an arcane religious war about minutiae that
means little to a digital printing novice like myself. And frankly I'm a
little intimidated by both the amount and the detail of the information on
other lists.
My question is for about $300 total or so (some room, but it needs to
be
justified) what would the best flatbed scanner and best printer for
WinXP/2000. I've heard so many things about epsons that I am leaning
towards
the C82 ( 4 ink) or a Epson photo printer (6 ink). The printer needs to be
able to handle general home office printing duties and some normal photo
printing as well as being able to be utilized for Digital Negatives. (I am
ordering Mr. Burkholder's book).
The scanner would be used for normal scanning. Not sure which brand or
model would be best since the apparent consensus, Epson 2450, is out of my
budget range for now. My thoughts are for about $150 each or $300 total
with some flexibility on each one, I should be able to get items that far
exceed the performance of items when Dan's book was first published 7
years
ago. So although my budget precludes an Epson 2200 whatever I buy should
work just fine once I invest enough time, ink, paper, film and patience, I
hope.
Thanks ahead of time for the advice and please respond off-list so as
not anger the benevolent master of list management. (thanks for your work
Gordon). Thanks, Thom
Thom Mitchell
Providence, RI
tjmitch@ix.netcom.com
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