Thanks for the input. I did know they are dye-subs. I used to work for Xerox
and I am aware of printer technologies
Earl
Jim Brokaw wrote:
> on 3/20/04 7:09 AM, Earl R Dunbar at edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > The recent discussions of printers, especially the Epson 2200, got me to
> > thinking about Olympus printers, the P400, 440, etc. And didn't Olympus
> > also
> > offer a higher end business printer at one time? Was it Oly technology/
> > integration, or just a re-badging?
> >
> > Anyway, what are the OM-pinions, experiences, suggested applications, etc.?
> > What is the software support like? Has anyone seen B&W prints from the
> > P400/440?
> >
> > Earl
>
> Olympus's printers are different technology than Epson's inkjet designs.
> Olympus printers are 'dye-sublimination' which works by vaporizing the dyes
> and having the vapor deposit on the paper (in extremely small 'dots'). Since
> each 'dot' is a puff of vaporized dye, the edges blend softly and evenly
> into the adjacent puffs deposits... so "dye-sub" technology yields very
> smooth and even color transitions and blends. The downside is that since the
> dye deposits are vapor puffs, the crispness of edge details at the extreme
> is compromised to a degree. For most images this probably wouldn't be a
> critical factor, but if the image has lots of very fine detail in high
> contrast, it might. The technology uses a ribbon of dye-containing plastic
> sheet and a printhead that heats and vaporizes dots of each dye color as it
> passes the appropriate spot... in effect its like an inkjet only printing
> dye vapor puffs instead of little squirts of dye color.
>
> I've seen a few Olympus dye-sub prints, and they very closely resemble
> actual light-enlarger-liquid-chemistry color prints. They don't look
> 'digital' at all. The printer supplies e.g. papers and dye rolls, are fairly
> expensive, even compared to inkjet prices, but maybe not so bad compared to
> traditional chemistry and paper costs.
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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