Thanks again. I'm very near talking myself into this enablement. And Cotty; if you're still with us, it will actually enable me ;-) It will make me able to get the pictures outside the PC, and other pictures the other way around.
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: 18. november 2005 19:50 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Thinking about an multyfunction printer enablement. Advice > needed > > 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 >
