Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been mulling over digital darkroom stuff for a while, and I was wondering whether there is a site anywhere out there which has silver printed and scanned and inkjet printed images of the same b+w negative? Jonathan Lee - -----Original Message----- From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@InfoAve.Net] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 2:16 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson paper/ink question At 01:07 PM 10/5/99 -0400, you wrote: >Tina, > >I'm going to upgrade my printer soon, as well. Have you compared the >output between the 1200 and the 3000? Are you satisfied that the 3 >color+B&W inks of the 3000 equal the performance of the 4 color+B&W of the >1200. Any other considerations than the capacity of the ink cartridges? > >I have to drive to Washington DC (about 3 hrs) to see this stuff in the >flesh, as it were, but your website tells me that your judgment in what >makes a good print and mine can't be too far apart. > >Thanks for any feedback that you can give me. > >Chandos Hi, Chandos - It's my understanding that the upgrade will have the ink capacity of the 3000 but the 6-color inks of the 1200. The 5000 and 9000 work like that now, but I can't afford $10,000 for a printer!!! I have the Photo EX now and am tempted to go ahead and upgrade to the 1200, but the inks are so expensive in the tiny amounts for the 1200's cartridges. Somebody figured out that it costs $8000 a gallon! There is a comparison of the output of all of the printers here: http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/news/dot_comp.html The 17x enlargements really show a difference. There is no doubt that the 1200 looks more photographic but a lot of fine-art photographers are using the 3000 because it will accept any inks in refillable tanks and all kinds of papers. I'd like to have a combination of the two. As with anything related to computers, I'm afraid whatever I buy today will be obsolete tomorrow! They are coming out with new inks and papers everyday. So many choices, so little time! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com