See this month's MacWorld for a review of current Epson and Canon printers in letter size. The Epsons were a bit slower and they noted that the ink system was a bit less accommodating, but they rated them far better overall for picture quality. To me, that's the only thing that matters.
Bolo wrote: > > Brian Campbell wrote: > > Bolo Wrote: > > > It seems to me that ever since Canon released the S800 (and now the > > > S900 and S9000), that Epson has been needing to be competitive again, > > > instead of standing on their laurels. > > > > Hmm - does that apply to *ALL* Epson printers? > > I just purchased a brand new Stylus Photo 1280, and > > am REALLY pleased with the results (after fighting with > > Winblows to get my color balances correct.....) > > I think that the availability of the Canon printers has made a > serious indent into Epson's near exclusive market of good photo-quality > printers. I think a number of factors contribute to this: print speed, > print quality, longer-duration inks, individual ink cartridges, etc. > A factor for some people are the individual ink cartridges which allow > you to replace only the colors you are using. Another important factor > is the lack of "chipped" ink cartridges which dedicate you to Epson, > and make it difficult to use a continuous flow system or try different > inks. > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > The Epson 1280 is a great printer. I've spoken to a dozen pro > > photographer reps in the past few weeks and asked them how the > > photographer's portfolios were printed. Eleven out of twelve were > > printed on one or the other of the 1200 series Epson printers (quite a > > few on the early 1200). The other was wet prints. The ink jets were, in > > many cases, stunning. > > There is no doubt about that -- I've also seen good prints from the > 1270/1280. > > Perhaps I was a bit ambiguous -- I don't think that the Canon is > necessarily a better printer, but it is a realistic alternative > to the Epson. It seems to me that Epson has been sitting on its > current crop of printers for quite some time and not improving them. > For example, all the problems with the 3000 series printer which they > never did anything about. The high cost/age of the 2000 printer. > Hopefully, with a larger company which is producing some products > that are "intruding" into Epson's market, Epson will have to push to > make things excellent across the board. Previously, without viable > alternatives, you pretty much had to take what they gave you. > > Bolo -- Josef T. Burger > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
