Tim,
We have an Epson RX500. The printing is excellent,
and the scanning of slides is probably very good at
least--it keeps improving as I ascend the learning
curve. The Epson scanning software is not nearly as
good as VueScan, but it is -much- easier to use, and
highly adjustable.
I've abandoned any fantasies of scanning my 10,000 or
so slides, unless I'm planning to email them somewhere
or post them on the web. It takes way too long, and
for a few dollars I can get a print commercially for
no effort.
Rick
--- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A bit of background first: I am on a pretty tight
> budget now, my wallet says
> no enablement. But the enablement I am thinking
> about will really enable me.
>
>
> More background:
> 1. I have no photo printer. HP claims the HP DJ 640C
> that I have to be one,
> but thats total nonsense.
> 2. I have a lot of old slides, near 2000. It is
> mainly family snaps,
> valuable because they are family snaps. But I think
> there are some keepers
> there. But I don't look at them.
> 3. I have got a lot of b&w family pictures (paper
> copies) from my old man.
> They are in small format. They seem to be decently
> printed. There are also
> some colour negatives. My sister would want copies,
> or jpg's.
>
> So now I am considering a multifunction printer. My
> heart says a dedicated
> scanner, a dedicated slide/negative scanner and a
> dedicated printer, but my
> wallet says definitely no. Not before Christmast,
> not in this decade, not
> ever.
>
> So now I am thinking of buying something not too
> expensive (I might even
> talk my wallet into buying one before Christmast).
> Some day, I hope and
> think my cash flow will change. Then I can reinvest
> in better tools. Perhaps
> I can rescan the keepers among the slides.
>
> So here comes my questions to the smart, educated,
> and experienced people on
> the list.
>
> I read a good test on Epson RX700 in a Swedish
> magazine (Foto). There it
> beats the shit out of a Canon MP760. Anybody who has
> something to say about
> this piece of hardware? Is there a chance it will do
> a decent job, or am I
> fooling myself even thinking about it?
> The RX700 also has a little brother, RX620, I
> believe it is nearly the same,
> just a bit slower, and not being able to write at
> CD's. Is this right?
> Last question: Is there other better alternatives
> worth considering?
>
>
> Tim
> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
>
> Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large
> crowds
> (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other
> clever guy)
>
>
>
>
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