Re: OT: Epson 2200 mac osx 10.3 and PhotoShopCS

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Shel, that's helpful. I think I'm going to go that way. I just 
want to be sure I'm not missing something that's obviously better. My 
1200 was great in its day, so I'm somewhat committed to Epson.
Paul
On Mar 10, 2004, at 6:27 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Paul,

I don't have one, and I don't use a Mac.  I hope this is
helpful ;-))
But a good friend does use a Mac with the newer OS, and he
also uses the Epson 2200.  He's happy, and believe me, were
he not, I'd know about it.  We did some printing at his
place not too long ago, and the results were acceptable.
From what I've gleaned, it's a good printer. It uses similar
technology to the bigger 9600, from which I've pulled a few
prints.  The 9600 was driven by a new Mac, too ... I like
the results better from the 9600, but that may be because
the operator runs a high-end lab, and everything is superbly
calibrated and working at its peak.  Rus just does his
simple home stuff, doesn't use the printer every day, hasn't
done as good a job in choosing and using paper stock ...
still, the results are good.  Ummm, Rus is using PS 7.01,
unless he's upgraded in the past month or so.
shel

Paul Stenquist wrote:
My old printer is on its last legs. It's an Epson 1200 and it has
produced more than 1000 12 x 18s. It's not printing very well with OS 
X
10.3 and Photoshop CS. I think the drivers haven't been uptdated 
beyond
system 10.1, which is quite diffferent. Since it's a clunker anyway, 
I'm
thinking of replacing it with the Epson 2200. Is anyone using this
printer with OSX 10.3 and PhotoShop CS. Are you happy? Is this printer
due to be replaced? Is there a better printer in the $500 to $800 
range
that's proven itself with PS CS and OSX 10.3?
Paul