Tuesday is not in the cards as I won't acquire much of anything until
after the move back to upstate New York next month... assuming the
Boston house *stays* sold this time. But I'll be awaiting your test report.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> .................
>>
>> I got a small Epson pigment printer after that but it looks like I'm
>> going to have to take a closer look at HP again for the next printer
>> buy. I'd very much like to have something capable of 13x19.
>>
> I just pulled the trigger on an R1800 Epson. A refurb from the Epson
> site with instant 10% off is down to $418, with free shipping, through
> Tuesday.
>
> I reread Victor's reviews of it and the B9180 carefully and looked at
> his samples side by side. I'm not sure which I would like in person
> after spending some time with them, but I'm sure it would be a near
> thing. And the Epson solution to pigment inks and glossy paper seems the
> best to date. Also, the possible longevity advantage of the HP is
> balanced against size, weight and price, all of which are of some
> importance to me.
>
> My 1270 works fine, but I find myself putting off any serious printing
> over and over again, concerned about investing a lot of time and money
> in prints that aren't stable long term. I could get into tht Ilford
> Gallerie solution, but that's not cheap to start up with either and I
> wonder what the long term outlook for Ilford is.
>
> Carol Anne and others keep telling me I should give the world the
> opportunity to acquire what they see as exceptional images. I'm not sure
> if I really want to get into that, even assuming reasonably easy
> success. I am sure, as Bill pointed out in the post that started this
> thread, that I won't even try without archival quality materials,
> whatever the quality of the images. So the R1800 seems a reasonable
> entry point. Full 13" by up to 44" seems plenty big enough for now. And
> if, by some fluke, I end up selling a lot of stuff, the natural step up
> to the 3800 or more would be simple.
>
> Don't expect a report any time soon. The free shipping is ground, I have
> my hands full with other things and I have to clear a space for it.
>
> Oh, I also like the capability to print on CD/DVDs.
>
> Moose
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