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The Epson is a large unit, and takes up a lot of desk space. Cartridges are only 2/3
the price of the Lexmark, but I do not suspect that they will last overly long. The
bundled 'quality images' are a waste of space, and if you like Adobe photoshop
elements, you can have my copy! For a serious printer, I would have thought it
would have had something a little more heavyweight, but that is just my opinion.
If you expect to install it straight out of the box you will be very disappointed....No
USB, or other cable supplied with mine, and none stated as supplied in the
instructions...worse still, absence of same not mentioned on the box so far as I can
see.
Well, there it is, for what it is worth.....It prints off some very nice images,
exceedingly well, and quickly in A3 size at max resolution...I didnt time them, but
it was quicker than my Lexmark doing the same print in the smaller A4 size.....
Check out the competition, as these A3 printers are becoming more readily
available at a reasonably affordable price....I paid £349 UK in March 2002, from
PC World, but know I could have bought it cheaper over the web. I just like the
ease of solving any problems, for which I'm prepared to pay that little extra. Happy
hunting and Printing... Graeme Pettit
-- Graeme Pettit, April 29, 2002
I recently went to a demonstration of the Epson Stylus Pro 7600 (24") and the 9600
(44"). You can now get fine art, large print quality on a reasonably priced machine.
The quality of a 16x20 from a 35mm scan was unbeleivable! The only
improvements to be made in the coming years will be speed. These machines
output 16sqft / hour for photographic quality - that's approx 10 min for a 16x20.
The prints are also archival to 100 yrs.. I print fine art prints up to 40x50" from 4x5
transparencies and would never have considered printing digitally till now. I could
write for days on the subject but you can get more precise info @ Epson's site.
Tangentially to this forum: Also, check out the Imacon Flextight Precision II & III
scanners - still around $10K but scanning the quality of some drum scanners that
cost 3 times as much!
-- John Hanses, August 25, 2002
The new Giclee printers are phenominal. If you have an opportunity to print
selected digitized images using the Giclee process, it is well worth it.
-- Fab Mastronardi, September 22, 2002
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