Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan...If you really want to tell the difference between the two, go look at the real things side by side, don't look at them on a computer screen....And yes, they are different. But different isn't bad, nor does different necessarily imply superiority and inferiority. It just means they're not the same. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Lee, > Jonathan > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 6:47 PM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson paper/ink question > > > I've been mulling over digital darkroom stuff for a while, and I was > wondering whether there is a site anywhere out there which has silver > printed and scanned and inkjet printed images of the same b+w > negative? > > Jonathan Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@InfoAve.Net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 2:16 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson paper/ink question > > > At 01:07 PM 10/5/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Tina, > > > >I'm going to upgrade my printer soon, as well. Have you > compared the > >output between the 1200 and the 3000? Are you satisfied that the 3 > >color+B&W inks of the 3000 equal the performance of the 4 > color+B&W of the > >1200. Any other considerations than the capacity of the ink > cartridges? > > > >I have to drive to Washington DC (about 3 hrs) to see this > stuff in the > >flesh, as it were, but your website tells me that your > judgment in what > >makes a good print and mine can't be too far apart. > > > >Thanks for any feedback that you can give me. > > > >Chandos > > > Hi, Chandos - > > It's my understanding that the upgrade will have the ink > capacity of the > 3000 but the 6-color inks of the 1200. The 5000 and 9000 > work like that > now, but I can't afford $10,000 for a printer!!! I have the > Photo EX now > and am tempted to go ahead and upgrade to the 1200, but the > inks are so > expensive in the tiny amounts for the 1200's cartridges. > Somebody figured > out that it costs $8000 a gallon! There is a comparison of > the output of > all of the printers here: > http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/news/dot_comp.html The 17x enlargements really show a difference. There is no doubt that the 1200 looks more photographic but a lot of fine-art photographers are using the 3000 because it will accept any inks in refillable tanks and all kinds of papers. I'd like to have a combination of the two. As with anything related to computers, I'm afraid whatever I buy today will be obsolete tomorrow! They are coming out with new inks and papers everyday. So many choices, so little time! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com