Scott, I am not up to speed on the newest generation of printers. I have two Epsons, 1800 and 800. They use the same cartridges so makes ink situation easier. However, both are outdated and I am finding inks difficult to get locally. Web dealers are no problem and are much cheaper anyway. One of the young salespersons at the local camera dealer has one of the newer Epsons with the latest generation of inks. He shows me prints all the time. They look no different than what I have come to expect from my older versions. He does say the newer one sucks up ink must faster than his older 1800. Ibelieve the printer manufacturers are in collusion to sell printers cheap, ink is expensive, and the technology changes every 6 to 9 months to keep the game going! :-) A friend has the Epson Photo flatbed scanner that others mention. I produces very good results. He in fact uses it to scan his Mamiya 6x7 negs (B&W) and has nice 11x14's and 16x20's to prove it works well. He gets all his printing done at a regular full service lab that prints really great B&W's from digital files. Darkrooms are nice, relaxing, and feed your zen, but they really aren't necessary anymore :-)
Walt On 2/24/08, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...or, I can't make up my mind. > > So the darkroom project is pretty much dead in the water. Besides the > expense, there's the matter of satisfying the landlord that the plumbing > and wiring is done properly. Now, I'm perfectly capable of doing it all > myself, and he knows that, but the state seems to think I need to be > licensed. Something about residency permits and unlicensed contractors > and rental properties or some crap. It's more of a hassle than I want > to deal with. So until we decide to buy a home I'll just keep hoarding > enlargers and safe lights. Which leads me to the alternative... > > I'd like to get a printer specifically for black & white. An Epson C88 > looks like it should do the job with MIS Ultratone inks. > Single-black-ink printing might work, too. (Christie says I go through > too much black ink with "her" printer.) I have no immediate plans to > print anything larger than 8x10. > > While we're at it, my scanner sucks. Since I need to scan medium format > negs, this pretty much leaves me with flatbed scanners. (Sure, I'd like > a Flextight X5 on my desk, but Christie seems to think that 20K might be > better spent on something else. Like a car.) Currently considering a > couple of Epson's offerings - 4490 and V500. The V700 looks nice, but I > don't really need the LF capability. > > Anyway, thanks for reading this drivel. If you can offer any > suggestions, I'm wide open. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
