Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted I have two epsons - an old stylus color 800 and a stylus photo 890 - they have both proved to be very reliable and produce excellent prints. The Canon S900 is spoken of with great respect here in the UK, but I have not seen any results 'in the flesh'. Brian McCarthy http://www.imagespace.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > Ted Bayer > Sent: 30 April 2002 22:07 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Printers > > > > Thanks, Sonny: > > I am find Epson winning hands down. Everything is very > positive so far. > > I really appreciate the input I am getting from the LUGers. > > Ted in Olalla > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Printers > > > > Ted, it is hard to beat an HP when it comes to Laser printers, but > > they just don't seem to try in the ink-jet field. Usually, > from what > > I've seen the quality and price is right on Epsons, and I > have had no > > reliability issues with any of the 3 Epsons I've used here, and we > > have had some good loads going through them. > > > > Sonny > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Printers > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, Carl. > > > > > > I seem to be getting good input about Epson. I find this very > > > interesting as HP also has a "Name" in printer > technology, but I am > > not > > > getting any input about their printers. > > > > > > Ted in Olalla > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Carl Pultz" <cpultz@earthlink.net> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:46 PM > > > Subject: [Leica] re: Printers > > > > > > > > > > Ted, > > > > > > > > I use the Epson 780. Got it last fall, just after it was > > discontinued, > > > for > > > > $100. It is excellent. Print quality is fantastic on the Heavy > > Weight > > > Matte > > > > paper. I am not a super critical color guy, but I think > the color > > > > consistency and fidelity is great, much better than expected for > > such > > > an > > > > inexpensive device. > > > > > > > > Only caveats: it is slow; it's not a commercial grade > machine and > > > will > > > > probably die in a year or two (at that price, who cares); some > > people > > > are > > > > disappointed with the tone of B&W prints. I haven't tried that > > yet. > > > > > > > > Nevertheless, I'd praise the thing equally if it cost $500 or > > more. > > > The > > > > Windows drivers are just fine, but I do all the image > adjustments > > in > > > Photoshop. > > > > > > > > Carl > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-> users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html