On Dec 6, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Jerry Freeman <x12 at insightbb.com> wrote:
> Anne Cartwright said: > > DEAD-KAPUT! > > I read good things about the Epson R200 on my printer list mail, if > you need an inexpensive photo quality 8x10 printer...jf My R200 is great, if a little slow. It also does a much better job of printing on weird stocks than did its predecessor, an equally cheap, but older, Epson SP 820. I have printed on canvas, vellum and heavy card stocks with minimal problems. It still amazes me to see it print on CDs, too. For speed, I just got a HP LJ 1320. It's only black and white and costs about three times as much, but is very fast, has real PostScript and is a LOT cheaper to operate. Oh, that reminds me of why I went shopping for a laser to begin with: It costs about $90 to put a set of inks carts in the R200 (SIX of the little budget-busters). Ouch! Just don't get it into your head that you will now have a great home darkroom with Photoshop and the R200. The quality is amazing, but digital prints at Walgreen's are a lot cheaper. Walgreen's doesn't print your pictures on CDs or canvas for that price, though, so figure out what you need it for. Oh, the R200 doesn't waste near as much ink in the head cleaning routine as the 820, and you don't have to do it near as often. Gotta love THAT! j. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
