Computer Printers for Photos
Casey Keller
Does anyone out there have experience using color jet computer printers to
print photos? I'd like to get one for my family.
Some people tell me the Cannon (sp?) is better than the HP.
I'd like to spend less than $500.
Advice?
Thanks...
Casey Keller
Beakman's World
Walt Worth, Jr.
Hi;
I have and reccommend the Epson Stylus Pro. It retails for $380
and with high quality paper yields great results. The
cost-of-consumables
(i.e., ink cartridges) is one of the lowest around.
I have found that how well you manipulate your image-processing
software is the most critical aspect. The Stylus Pro works on both
Mac's
AND PC's. In fact, I have mine connected to BOTH at the same time - I
don't
even have to switch cables, etc. - I am careful not to try and spool
files
for printing at the same time from both platforms, however.
Good luck and I hope this helps.
-Walt
Simon Ogilvie
In article 20d186cc@mauth, "Marc Auth" <ma...@micron.net> writes:
>A salesman told me that although the Canon has a slight price advantage and
>the cartridge may be a little cheaper, a print-head replacement is
>terrifically expensive compared to the HP.
This may have been true for the older Canon printers that had separate
printer heads and ink cartridges, but most (all?) of the current range
of Canons has the print head built in to the cartridge, and is very
easy and quite cheap to replace. It is worth comparing costs still...
In my opinion the Epson Pro printers are about the best you can get,
although there is a new Canon printer about to be released that has
a photo-realistic print cartridge that matches the Epson, and there
is also a new type of printer marketed by Alps and Citizen for around
the same cost as the ink-jets which is nearly dye-sub quality.
Simon.
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Simon Ogilvie - Systems Support
Ericsson Data Ltd., Guildford, UK
Simon....@Guildford.Ericsson.se
Marc Auth
A salesman told me that although the Canon has a slight price advantage and
the cartridge may be a little cheaper, a print-head replacement is
terrifically expensive compared to the HP.
Check it out...
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Marc Auth
AUTHentic Photo!
ma...@micron.net http://netnow.micron.net/~mauth
Casey Keller <Casey...@fishnet.net> wrote in article
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Bob Neuman
In article <56pk9p$l...@newstoo.ericsson.se>,
Simon....@Guildford.ericsson.se says...
[....]
>In my opinion the Epson Pro printers are about the best you can get,
>although there is a new Canon printer about to be released that has
>a photo-realistic print cartridge that matches the Epson, and there
>is also a new type of printer marketed by Alps and Citizen for around
>the same cost as the ink-jets which is nearly dye-sub quality.
The Epson is available now and is reasonably good (better, I think,
in the "photo-realism" department than other inkjets [on the special
720 dpi Epson paper], with less "bleeding" than other inkjets, and
even better photo quality than the Alps), B U T (!!!!), the permanence
of the image is a non-existent quality (images fade rapidly in light).
The Alps prints are claimed to be much more fade resistent (I have not
yet started fade tests on these - lazy me!;-) For "photo-realism",
one can't yet equal dye subs with other technologies, as far as I know,
but the per-print costs are very high with this process, alas, and the
relatively inexpensive dye sub printers don't have the resolution of
the Epson and Alps, also alas....
For quick and cheap, reasonably OK prints, the Epson is hard to beat.
For somewhat more money, the Alps may offer better print permanance.
Hope This Helps
pho...@xnet.com
Hi Bob,
Ihave a Kodak DS8650PS Dye-Sub printer, I would like to tell you and
the group That I have looked at the Epson Stlus Pro (11x17) and I
almost bought it. The problems that changed my mind a re that the
Epson takes 50 minutes to print a 720dpi image on their deluxe paper.
The other fact is that the dpi is not optical, so the res you get is
not true image quality, but somewhat hybrid of a enhanced ink jet
printer. The cost of the material is a lot higher then my Kodak
stuff. I can print an 8x10 image for as little as $2.10 per sheet.
BTW, I can print a 120meg image file in just under 4 minutes.
If you would like for me to send you a sample print, give me your
mailing address, and I will send you something you can evaluate first
hand.
I have been very happy with the results off the Kodak, but it too
leaves some quality behind when you do true wet prints.
Always looking to help,
Řystein Jakobsen
Casey Keller wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there have experience using color jet computer printers to
> print photos? I'd like to get one for my family.
I am looking for a printer for the same purpose, but I just
can't decide what to buy... but I've come up with three printers
with superior photo-quality at a low cost:
HP DeskJet 694C
Canon BJC620
Epson Stylus 500
Can anyone help me (and Casey) choose which one to buy?
Thks
Řystein Jakobsen
old enough to knwobetter
I've come up with three printers
>with superior photo-quality at a low cost:
>
>HP DeskJet 694C
>Canon BJC620
>Epson Stylus 500
>
>Řystein Jakobsen
I like the colors on the HP, but nobody has beat the resolution from the
Epson @ 720 dpi. I have both and use the hp most of the time, but when I
want the output just a little better, I use the Epson. Friends have the
Canon, but I just don't like the output.
No one of these is "photorealistic" !!!
Rich Hayhurst
Have you looked at the Primera Pro by Fargo as a dye sub printer. Also,
the finest printer imho is the Fuji Pictography 3000, but it costs 14k.
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Sincerely,
Richard Hayhurst, President
Studio One Photography, Inc.
stu...@interaccess.com
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http://www.studio-one.com/s1
Wayne
I had a cannon BJ (one of the older b&w ones) and it sucked.. it
started printing very poorly, and I had a friend that had the same
problem with his. I would go with HP.
Wayne
On 18 Nov 1996 06:09:19 GMT, "Marc Auth" <ma...@micron.net> wrote:
>A salesman told me that although the Canon has a slight price advantage and
>the cartridge may be a little cheaper, a print-head replacement is
>terrifically expensive compared to the HP.
>
>Check it out...
>--
>Marc Auth
>AUTHentic Photo!
>ma...@micron.net http://netnow.micron.net/~mauth
>
>Casey Keller <Casey...@fishnet.net> wrote in article
><56m6ij$e...@mackrel.fishnet.net>...
>> Does anyone out there have experience using color jet computer printers
>to
>> print photos? I'd like to get one for my family.
>>
Zachary N. Fine
Wayne wrote:
>
> I had a cannon BJ (one of the older b&w ones) and it sucked.. it
> started printing very poorly, and I had a friend that had the same
> problem with his. I would go with HP.
>
> Wayne
> On 18 Nov 1996 06:09:19 GMT, "Marc Auth" <ma...@micron.net> wrote:
>
Neither Canon nor HP make any model that comes close.
It's not the fastest of the inkjets, but it makes a damn fine print.
-Zach Fine
cz...@u.washington.edu
Zachary N. Fine
Zachary N. Fine wrote:
>
> Wayne wrote:
> >
> > I had a cannon BJ (one of the older b&w ones) and it sucked.. it
> > started printing very poorly, and I had a friend that had the same
> > problem with his. I would go with HP.
> >
> > Wayne
> > On 18 Nov 1996 06:09:19 GMT, "Marc Auth" <ma...@micron.net> wrote:
> >
> > >A salesman told me that although the Canon has a slight price
I don't know what screwed up my previous posting, but here's what it
phil willen
I have seen pictures printed on the Epson Stylus, now the 500
that blew me away. The catch is they were done on special
high priced paper. But, the tones and shadings were amazing.
........Phil
In a previous article, fu...@poboxes.com (Wayne) says:
>I had a cannon BJ (one of the older b&w ones) and it sucked.. it
>started printing very poorly, and I had a friend that had the same
>problem with his. I would go with HP.
>
>Wayne
>On 18 Nov 1996 06:09:19 GMT, "Marc Auth" <ma...@micron.net> wrote:
>
>>A salesman told me that although the Canon has a slight price advantage and
>>the cartridge may be a little cheaper, a print-head replacement is
>>terrifically expensive compared to the HP.
>>
>>Check it out...
>>--
>>Marc Auth
>>AUTHentic Photo!
>>ma...@micron.net http://netnow.micron.net/~mauth
>>
>>Casey Keller <Casey...@fishnet.net> wrote in article
>><56m6ij$e...@mackrel.fishnet.net>...
>>> Does anyone out there have experience using color jet computer printers
>>to
>>> print photos? I'd like to get one for my family.
>>>
>>> Some people tell me the Cannon (sp?) is better than the HP.
>>>
>>> I'd like to spend less than $500.
>>>
>>> Advice?
>>>
>>> Thanks...
>>>
>>> Casey Keller
>>> Beakman's World
>>>
>
>
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