[Leica] OT Epson P5000

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Mark,
I agree with you. There is a Digital Black & White Print Exchange where I
have been taking part for a few years. I have seldom received  anything but
Epson prints - an occasional HP, but never Canon for some reason. I have
seen many papers, and many inksets, but all for Epson. The advantage with
Epson is there are so many third party solutions, especially for dedicated
Black & White inksets (MIS,Cone,Lyson,etc), and new papers are designed and
profiled around the Epson printers. Unless HP and Canon can get this sort of
third party support, they will always struggle to catch up.
Cheers
Jayanand

On 8/22/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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> > In the desktop printer line that's probably true, Mark. But I have to
> > say that the new large format printers from HP are AMAZING. I've had
> > the opportunity, recently, to print some of my work on one of these
> > puppies and I'm simply blown away, not only by the quality of the
> > print but by the support software and the over-all design. I gather
> > they are from one of HP's EU design houses, Spain I think, Barcelona
> > perhaps, and the difference really shows. True elegance in design and
> > execution. The built-in spectro-photometer is pretty spiffy for doing
> > your own paper profiles and the control setup for sharing "just
> > works". You don't have to flush out ink lines either when shifting
> > from mat finish to glossy media either. Now, if I just had $7 grand
> > for one.....
> >
> > Adam
> >
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> I think the people producing images in the galleries and museums and
> collected by serious collectors are not shopping around for HP's and
> Canons
> at all. And I think its rare to see stuff up there produced by HP's and
> Canons at all. Less than one percent. If that.
>
> When you do have a gallery opening and it's an HP or Canon print you've
> got
> the HP or Canon marketing people there because they're the ones who've
> been
> giving the photographer all his paper and printers. And girls with
> swimming
> pools and helicopter rides.
> And walks in the park and rides in the car.
> But that's if they were bribing my dog. Who didn't print.
> Paw prints that's it. With real organic mud.
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> I thought when people sit around talking serious inkjet printing its an
> Epson conversation. I don't think anybody's all that interest what HP and
> Canon is about to do. Except website people like Luminous LightJet.
> Landscape.
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Harlem, NY
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> rabinergroup.com
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