Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herb, I have an Epson Stylus R800 printer that I use for all purposes, and I have found it to be very serviceable. Because I use it once or twice a week for general printing, I have never had any problem with clogging. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:37 PM Subject: [Leica] Remarkably good cheap printer > It is amazing how ink jet technology can improve in less than a decade. > Some years ago, a friend who had bought an Epson with a 13" bed > recommended that model and there was an equivalent with an 8"bed. I think > I must have paid about $300 for it, as a printer for my wife to use. > > This year, she bought a new Mac laptop and a choice of three Epson > printers was offered as a bonus, two for free and one for a $25 co-pay. > The one I chose was the Artisan 50 because it used six independent ink > cartridges--her previous printer had all colors in one cartridge (Ugh). > The retail price of that printer is a mere $100. > > After discovering what great prints this thing can make, I adopted it, > leaving my poor wife with her old one. Granted it has only an 8" bed. > Granted that it uses dyes instead of the more archival pigments. But, > choosing the slowest printing, where the paper advances by millimeters and > takes several minutes to print even a 4 x 6, I doubt that high-priced gear > can really produce better colors or definition. > > A friend in England liked one of his pictures so much that he ordered an > (I suppose expensive) print made from the digital image onto type C paper. > Out of sheer curiosity and possibly mischief, I downloaded his picture > from Flickr,printed it on 8 1/2 x 11, and mailed it to him. He pronounced > my colors to be better! > > Herb > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >