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| 2983.1 | passing along some experiences | STRATA::LPIPER | | Wed Apr 09 1997 17:05 | 23 |
| First of, I'd susepct this entry will bring a lot of replies!
If your looking for reccomendations, I've had much satisfaction with
the HP 800 series printers. The world of scan resolution, image
editing / enhancement, and final print output can be pretty daunting
if you want to let it.
From my experiences, and from what I've managed to learn so far, one
should not intermix scanned in image resolution (sic:dpi) for printer
output "dpi". It seems the two are not the same. Any larger value
for scan input over 300 dpi generates extremely large files, and does
not necessarily mean vastly greater output resolutuion. It's a tinker
and adjust until your happy with it thing, it seems.
The Storm Software "Easyphoto Scanner" sheet fed scanner has worked
very well for me, and as I related above, using the HP printer for
output has been a joy to use. The paper one chooses makes a world of
difference, as well.
I've been using a "lite" version of Adobe Photoshop for the image edit
work, and am very impressed. There's a lot to learn, however!
best of luck.
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| 2983.2 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Wed Apr 09 1997 17:28 | 5 |
| There's a new set of "photographic printers" coming out, according to the
latest PC Week. One (from HP, I think) even applies a clear gloss coat over
the image! If this is the sort of thing you want, wait a bit...
Steve
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| 2983.3 | Output size too small? | SSDEVO::JACKSON | Jim Jackson | Wed Apr 09 1997 18:33 | 2 |
| I read that PC Week article at their web site, and the largest output size
of the group was 4x6 inches. It sounds like .0 wants larger than that.
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| 2983.4 | Savings may be small too... | WRKSYS::THOMAS | Stop, look and listen | Wed Apr 09 1997 19:17 | 5 |
| I think you'll have a hard time paying for a new printer with the money
you'll save. Top quality glossy paper runs about a dollar a sheet plus
ink which can easily run over 50 cents a page for a photo image.
/Rich
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| 2983.5 | not there yet...not yet | COOKIE::FROEHLIN | VMS...riding into the setting sun! | Wed Apr 09 1997 20:01 | 9 |
| I printed some scanned photgraphs on my Canon BJC-610 in 720x720 dpi
mode. It's by far not photo quality. Talking to a friend of mine, a
professional graphics designer, he pointed out that photographs have
resolutions in the 4,000+ dpi and copier machines in the 1,000+ dpi.
It's nice for proof printing, though. Oh forgot...a 8"x11" picture in
720x720 mode takes about 10 minutes ... and quite some ink.
Guenther
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| 2983.6 | HP 693 works for me | CHOWDA::FAHEY | Are we having 'FUN' yet? | Wed Apr 09 1997 20:09 | 13 |
| My HP 693C does an excellent job of re-producing photographs that I
scan on an HP4C. My only complaint is that when the color starts
getting lousy I can't tell if the color cartridge or the photo
cartridge is running low on ink. I have to guess and if I'm wrong I
waste a $1.00 on a photo paper sheet.... But wait you say why not just
print it on plain paper? The problem is that photos printed on plain
paper don't seem to be as color rich as the photo paper and slight
variences in tone (too much green for example) are very hard to see on
plain paper....
Jim
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| 2983.7 | | KELVIN::VILCANS | | Wed Apr 09 1997 20:19 | 15 |
|
re: Color Printers
The best deal going is on the IEG home page
http://cassidy.mro.dec.com/ieg/ check the new announcements for printer
deals.
The LSR 2000 is a 600dpi 3 page per minute color printer for $1999,
this printer used to list for almost 10K and cost was close to 5K. The
deal is only for internal use only. The color toner cartridges are
about $100 each for 4,000 pages at 5% coverage making it much cheaper
than the color ink jets. The quality is excellent on regular paper, and
would be even better on glossy.
=Paul=
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| 2983.8 | Still don't see the allure | PCBUOA::BAYJ | Jim, Portables | Wed Apr 09 1997 20:57 | 17 |
| I'm curious. Are these "photo realistic" printers one of those things
that pretty soon I'm going to *have* to have?
CDs were something that I can't imagine having lived without. I
haven't been too interested in Jaz or Zip drives, though.
I can't help but feel this photo realistic thing is one of those
"marketing successes". I bought a color ribbon printer, and in the
first week I printed one or two color sheets, and its never had a color
ribbon in it since. Too much bother for too little payoff, generally
speaking.
Obviously I'm not in a specialized field like art or graphic design,
which is different.
jeb
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| 2983.9 | Alps MD 2K series | TARKIN::DAVILLI | | Wed Apr 09 1997 21:19 | 10 |
| rep. Color printers
Alps MD series micro dry ink - plain paper 600x600 $401
The 4000 series includes a color scanner $683
product pricing http://204.57.71.1/products/products.asp
-Barry
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| 2983.10 | What brand has 1000 DPI? | TANDA::Aldrich | | Thu Apr 10 1997 12:13 | 7 |
| re.5> "and copier machines in the 1,000+ dpi." - most copier unit I've
seen (Canon & Xerox - Kodak's is a relabeled Canon) are 400x400 dpi.
If you know of one over that can you let me know the brand as I know
someone who'd love to get "better resolution" then he's getting now...
Thanks in advance,
-Bill
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| 2983.11 | exit | NECSC::DENCE | | Thu Apr 10 1997 13:56 | 21 |
| I have an HP Scanjet 5P and an Epson 800. With this combination a
photo ( going through two electro-mechanical transitions) printed on
glossy paper is impressive. Viewed at 2ft, it is extremely hard to
tell the difference. Now, if you look with a magnifying glass...... The
quality is perfectly sufficient to make copies. My only concern is the
lasting (fading) of the printed output. I do print 2, 3 or more, on a
page depending on size. In my opinion, the convienence makes the expense
worth it when you consider all of the editing/cropping/annotating
capabilities you have.
I picked up the 800 at the KGP show for $405.00. There is a show this
weekend at Marlborough. If you don't care about speed, the 600 is appox
$100 less.
One other quick comment is that the Epson driver displays how much ink
is in the cartriges (both B/W and Color). It appears to change in
increments of 25%. It appears each time you print. A very nice feature,
as running out of ink on my Cannon BJ200e was always a suprise and usually
happened at the worst possible time. Imagine April 14th at 8pm trying to
print final version of TurboTax .... no spare! Didn't happen, but
could.
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| 2983.12 | Don't need to get a life...get a color printer | NABSCO::FROEHLIN | VMS...riding into the setting sun! | Thu Apr 10 1997 17:34 | 9 |
| My wife got hooked on color printing. I bought Print Shop a few weeks
ago and since then she has everything in color for her business...
business cards, grettings, banners, labels including a color
photograph (1"x1"). Excellent colors...gives all a professional look.
I also made my own business cards...but I became lost in colors,
shapes, graphics, rotation, scale, fonts, effects... the cards look
OUTSTANDING now ;-).
Guenther
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