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I agree with you that the technology still has somewhere to go to get to true
photographic quality, but most people don't view their prints through a lupe
(although it may be fun to do so). It is all moving very fast, and the Epson 1270
printer in the hands of a knowledgeable user can print wonders...
-- Jeff Warner, January 27, 2001
I just bought a refurbished EPSON Stylus 1270 direct from Epson for $252. And
while it was in transit my FUJI DS-300 broke ! Now I'm looking for a new digital
camera.
-- Doug Dolde, May 16, 2001
The long and the short of it: Yeah, the ALPS MD-5000 has great resolution, and
the dye-sub is very impressive, but the colors are usually off.
Click here for my amateur review of the ALPS MD-5000 with the dye sublimation
upgrade.
-- Mike Morgan, August 22, 2001
I've had an HP photosmart 1100 for the past two years for printing photos
(Olympus 500 and 620 and now Canon D30). Using PIE Studio ( http://www.
picmeta.com ) to control printing and printing on HP matte photopaper (~85cents/
page) I've had great luck with color consistency, image brightness, "photographic"
quality on 8x10 prints. One must manually select the type of paper (HP matte
photographic or whatever) in the printer setup before printing and the print speed is
not quick but the quality is very good. And it has CF and SmartMedia slots.
-- Jeff Mallory, January 31, 2002
I have recently purchased an Epson Stylus photo 1290 having viewed competition
from Canon and HP. My purchase decision was based on the need to produce good
quality A3 sized landscape and macro prints for framing and sale. My choice of the
Epson over the other two considered was purely on price, there being little
difference between them to percieve on printouts of the same couple of photos from
my perspective, and with unaided eyesight.
I am pleased with the output, am happy to report that installation was a doddle
using Windows XP, and output very fast using the USB connection (I needed to
retain my old Lexmark printer for general letter and proof printing)
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