Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------91E3129E67C84A4A4944E281 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kent, The choice of colour printer is very simple: just pick the latest model from the Epson Stylus Photo series and you will not be disappointed. I have the Epson Stylus Photo 700; in the same generation is the Epson Stylus Photo EX, the difference being print size (the 700 prints up to A4/letter, the EX up to A3). I believe that both models have been replaced recently by models which offer even finer drop size and hence even better reproduction. One word of advice: buy the model that prints on A3, so that you have the possibility of making the big print. The quality is good enough for that, and the added flexibility is worth paying for. Do not cut corners too much on the printer, your main expense is going to be ink cartridges and paper anyway. All the printers can print on plain paper, but then it will obviously not be photo quality. The best paper is Epson Photo Paper. I have tried several other brands and been disappointed every time. Also, do not think of this printer as a general-use colour printer. It will print text and graphics just fine, but it is really not optimised for it, meaning it will be slow and the cost per page will be dramatically higher than using a laser printer. I use my Epson strictly for photos; for general use I have a Kyocera laser. Nathan KPETERS wrote: > I have bitten the bullet and now have purchased a film scanner. Next > step: colour printer. Can someone please recommend a brand/model for > <$500 that would print photo quality (or near!) pics? Can any colour > printers print just on regular paper and if so what is the > difference? Any favorite colour printers out there and if so, > why??? Also, has anyone tried taking their scanned images to Kinko's > for colour printing? Any good/bad results??? Thanks again, Kent - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html Belgium photo page: http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html - --------------91E3129E67C84A4A4944E281 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> Kent, <P>The choice of colour printer is very simple: just pick the latest model from the Epson Stylus Photo series and you will not be disappointed. I have the Epson Stylus Photo 700; in the same generation is the Epson Stylus Photo EX, the difference being print size (the 700 prints up to A4/letter, the EX up to A3). I believe that both models have been replaced recently by models which offer even finer drop size and hence even better reproduction. One word of advice: buy the model that prints on A3, so that you have the possibility of making the big print. The quality is good enough for that, and the added flexibility is worth paying for. Do not cut corners too much on the printer, your main expense is going to be ink cartridges and paper anyway. <P>All the printers can print on plain paper, but then it will obviously not be photo quality. The best paper is Epson Photo Paper. I have tried several other brands and been disappointed every time. <P>Also, do not think of this printer as a general-use colour printer. It will print text and graphics just fine, but it is really not optimised for it, meaning it will be slow and the cost per page will be dramatically higher than using a laser printer. I use my Epson strictly for photos; for general use I have a Kyocera laser. <P>Nathan <P>KPETERS wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>I have bitten the bullet and now have purchased a film scanner. Next step: colour printer. Can someone please recommend a brand/model for <$500 that would print photo quality (or near!) pics? Can any colour printers print just on regular paper and if so what is the difference? Any favorite colour printers out there and if so, why???</FONT></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Also, has anyone tried taking their scanned images to Kinko's for colour printing? Any good/bad results??? Thanks again, Kent</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR>Nathan Wajsman <BR>Overijse, Belgium <P>General photo page: <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html">http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html</A> <BR>Belgium photo page: <A HREF="http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm">http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm</A> <BR>Motorcycle page: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html">http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html</A> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> - --------------91E3129E67C84A4A4944E281--