Walter Hamler wrote: > 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 However, both are outdated and I am finding inks 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 :-) > Thanks, Walt!
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