The price difference between RX500 and RX620 is about 15$ here. So it lookes like RX620 is the one to go for.
Any other opinions on this? I have been thinking a bit further. Will it do decent job with b&w prints? 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) > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17. november 2005 16:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Thinking about an multyfunction printer enablement. Advice > needed > > No problem. > > See > http://www.epson.com/cgi- > bin/Store/ProductCategory.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-8182 > for the information you desire. > > Around here, the RX500 is marked way down right now. > > Rick > > --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry I am a bit too fast sometimes. I tend to be > > impolite when I'm eager. > > It's just the way I am. > > > > I forgot to say thank you for your advice, very much > > appreciated. Looks like > > I'm one step closer to a decision. > > > > > > 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) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 16. november 2005 21:23 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Thinking about an multyfunction > > printer enablement. Advice > > > needed > > > > > > 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) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in > > one click. > > > http://farechase.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com >
