Re: Inkjet printer (large format)?

Ryuji,

as I said to Mark, it seems that printing negatives and possibly fine color
or b&w prints is demanding on the printer and they don't seem to last long
before showing sign of wear. What you say below seems to agree with other
readings I've done. If it is possible to find out the MTBF (Mean Time Before
Failure) of a printer in terms of top quality prints we could figure out if
it is worthed to buy one in the first place. I know the hardware in these
printers is relatively fragile stuff but can we expect 100, 250, 500 or more
fine prints or negatives from these printer before the quality degrades???

I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was a 100 or less on average. Of
course quality is subjective and quality for me is probably not the same as
it is for others.

Regards
Yves

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryuji Suzuki" <rs@silvergrain.org>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: Inkjet printer (large format)?

> Mark, your messages are delivered as an attachment to another
> email. Is it hard to fix that?
>
> I own a 1270, though I don't use it much because I'm a silver gelatin
> user and digital negative and color printing are not my usual things.
> However, I occasionally make large color prints with this
> printer. What I found is that I get visible banding problem unless I
> use the highest resolution with unidirectional printing motion of the
> head. I assume this is all that's used by serious photographers
> anyway, but it's kinda annoying. The banding is most apparent with
> glossy paper and it's much better on semimatte surface, which is good
> for prints but probably not for negatives.
>
> Does anyone make a scanning laser printer for color or b&w paper? That
> is a printer that exposes photographic paper by scanning laser. A user
> can then process the exposed paper in RA-4 or Dektol, for example, and
> in the case of b&w, tone the final prints. These systems are
> commercially used for color printing but they are unnecessarily
> automated. I know that there may not be a b&w paper product suitable
> for scanning laser exposure, but if necessary I can make my own fiber
> paper for this application... If such a device existed, people can
> also make real siver negatives out of a printer... problem solved??
>
> A closest product I know of is a cheap consumer quality Fuji printer
> that exposes instant printing paper (paper that works like Polaroid)
> by LED. A giant version of that printer designed for much larger size
> would be good...
>
>
>
> From: Ender100@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Inkjet printer (large format)?
> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:49:57 EST
>
> > Yves,
> >
> > I would go with a 1280, instead of the 1270$,1rt(B
> >
> > Currently Epson is only marketing the 1280, R1800, & R2400
> >
> > You might get refurbished printers of the older models from Epson...or
you
> > might find some of them through EBay$,1rt(B I am not a big fan of
buying used printers
> > unless I would know the person and know that the printer is in perfect
> > working order.
> >
> > $,1s"(B What do you have now?
> > $,1s"(B What are the features you are looking for?
> > $,1s"(B What quality of negatives do you want to make?
> > $,1s"(B What is the price range you are looking at?
> >
> > Mark I. Nelson
> > www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
> > www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
> > PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups
> >
> > In a message dated 3/1/06 3:39:17 PM, gauvreau-yves@sympatico.ca writes:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > .AN
> > >
> > > maybe it would be simpler to ask what you would have to say about a
1270,
> > > is it worth sending hard earn money on this one or is it a waste of
both money
> > > and time?
> > >
> > > .AN
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Yves
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
Received on Wed Mar 1 17:32:09 2006