As we're having an opinion-fest...... My experience has been that inkjet prints are much easier to produce to an (at least) adequate level of quality. I would guess that the effort required to produce the equivalent of a highest-grade optical print is less than an order of magnitude different. The really big difference is when multiple copies of a print are required.
The jury is still out on equivalence of durability, although modern inkjets are likely to be better than early mass-printing colour processes. > On 06 March 2016 at 20:53 John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Costco offer a number of different print options, but you can still get > RA4 C-prints up to 12x18 (and if the operator knows what he's doing > 12x36 panos). > > Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You think inkjet prints are > better. I don't. > > On 3/6/2016 2:48 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Costco prints are inkjet. Most stores print on Epson 7880. Some are > > Noritsu. Not many shops print optically any more. In my opinion, > > inkjet are better. > > > > Paul > >> On Mar 6, 2016, at 2:11 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> On 3/6/2016 12:30 PM, mike wilson wrote: > >>>> On 06 March 2016 at 01:08 Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> This is a side discussion to Ann's purchase of a lightly used R2400. I > >>>> agreed with Mike Wilson's caution, but not necessarily his view of > >>>> "Irrecoverably". Using Epson's print head cleaning utility is > >>>> guaranteed to use up a lot of ink, if not actually unclog the print > >>>> head. > >>>> > >>>> I like (much better) this guy's tutorial: > >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1hxljJhi9M > >>>> His use of aquarium pump tubing as a reservoir/sight glass is ingenious. > >>>> Also worthwhile is his formula for DIY Inkjet print head cleaner: > >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHUQAZFdTOM > >>>> > >>>> With these techniques in your pocket you may find a real bargain out > >>>> there, even if the printer doesn't work perfectly when you purchase > >>>> it. > >>> > >>> I can only go by my own experience. Two very expensive printers (and a > >>> cheaper > >>> one) failed due to head clogging that Epson's procedures would not clear. > >>> Having access to a large variety of chemicals, I used internet knowledge > >>> to try > >>> a number of different options. No success. Finally, for the last > >>> machine, I > >>> found a recently damaged one that had a good head. Over a week, I swapped > >>> the > >>> head only to find that Epson has the neat little trick of killing the > >>> printer if > >>> you access the head. This can only be fixed by some firmware kludge that > >>> only > >>> Epson engineers know. I couldn't find it on the internet. So I then had > >>> the > >>> choice of paying about 2/3rds of the new cost for Epson to replace the > >>> head (no > >>> nearby agent, of course) or walking away. It was one of the best walks of > >>> my > >>> life. > >>> > >>> In my ever so humble opinion, inkjet printers are the spawn of the devil > >>> and the > >>> fact that they print anything at all is nothing short of a miracle. > >>> > >> > >> I think it depends on the volume of prints. If you're printing EVERY > >> day, they might make sense. I don't, and anyway, I'm not a fan of > >> ink-jet prints. > >> > >> I like prints from the RA4 process (aka C-prints). For the few items I > >> feel like printing, it makes sense to send them out. > >> > >> Fortunately, for anything up to 12x18, I don't think Costco can be beat. > >> Plus, I live near one of the Costco stores where the operator knows how > >> to print 12x36 panos. Not all of them do. > >> > >> And any time I want to go larger than 12x18 there are a couple of "pro > >> labs" locally. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > >> Religion - Answers we must never question. > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > 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.
