Does fine with B&W prints, and also with negatives. Rick
--- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com
