My 3170 says; "made in Indonesia".
Jack
--- Bill Lawlor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Donning my Nomex fireproof garments I step into the fray..
>
> I have made many 16X20 RA-4 darkroom prints from medium format
> images on
> Fuji Crystal Archive paper. I also have scanned some of the same 645
> and 6x9
> negs and transparencies on an Epson 3200 and printed on epson 1270,
> 2000,
> and 9600 printers using various papers as well as lightjet printer on
> Fuji
> Crystal Archive, all 16X20.
>
> Framed and hanging on the wall, people don't see a difference other
> than
> those improvements made possible by judicious use of PS. Shel can see
> a
> difference, but customers don't. I prefer the scanned images over the
> traditional prints.
>
> At The Santa Fe Workshops I took a digital printing class. We had
> Nikon
> 4000, Nikon 8000, Epson 4800, and Imacon MF scanners. I scanned 645
> transparencies on the Imacon at 3200 dpi and made some nice 30X40
> inch
> prints with the 9600. I tried to do a comparison scan with the Nikon
> 8000
> but the MF negative carrier was so bad we couldn't get a scan. When I
> returned home I scanned the same image on my Epson 3200. Comparing
> the
> Imacon scan with the Epson 3200 I was surprised to see little
> difference in
> sharpness between the two. Surely not $7,000 difference! However,
> shadow
> detail was better with the Imacon. I have also had Tango drum scans
> made
> that are better by far than anything else.
>
> I continue to use the 3200. I might upgrade some time to a scanner
> with ICE.
>
> For 35mm I use a Nikon 4000.
>
> Bill Lawlor
>
> BTW, I believe the Epson 3170 is made in China.
>
>
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