How do you keep the Epson jets clean? I found that I used so much ink cleaning the bloody thing that it became a financial burden. It sits here doing nothing now.
D Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: Re: Digital doubts > Bob, > > I don't work the same way with digital. I have two printers. > One is an HP Photosmart 100 that I use for making an index print > and then I use that to select the 4 X 6 prints I want. No > computer required, if you don't want to use one. > Time invested in making the prints is not a lot. Less if I just > want to print all of them. The unmanipulated prints out of the > HP are usually better than my local Walmart. > > Then, the pictures that I want to enlarge get manipulated and > printed on the Epson, which I find to be fun. > > Len > --- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Keefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "pentax discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:51 AM > Subject: OT: Digital doubts > > > > Hi folks: > > > > OK, it's late at night here in the Pacific zone and I'm > drinking a little > > red wine after an enjoyable evening shooting pictures of an > old friend at > > the studio. Here's something that's been on my mind lately. > > > > Is it possible that digital photography doesn't have such a > rosy future with > > consumers as we're all led to believe? > > > > Here's the evidence, scant though it is. My wife got me a nice > Canon S20 > > digital point and shoot camersa almost exactly a year ago for > my birthday. > > It has given me a pleasant way to play with the digital > future. It even > > makes pretty good 8x10s on the HP inkjet printer. > > > > So what's my beef? Well, it takes a really long time to make > prints. Making > > prints involves computers, which, if you hadn't noticed, > rarely work as > > promised. Not to mention the fact I already work on computers > all day at the > > office. Even if the computer happens to be feeling well, by > the time I could > > possibly import, size, tweak and print 36 4x6 inch prints, I > could have > > driven a roll of film to the nearest one-hour photo joint, had > a cup of > > coffee, read the paper and driven back home -- and be out less > money than I > > would have spent on batteries, paper and ink. Not to mention > the headache > > differential. > > > > And I'm a pretty committed digital owner. I really like > photography. I > > would love to see digital work. But I still shoot almost > entirely on film. > > It's easier. I'm not a photojournalist, so I don't need > instant access. > > > > I really wonder whether the average home photographer really > wants to put > > that much energy into making pictures of the kids' birthday > party. Or, > > perhaps, does old-fashioned film have a lot safer future than > we all > > believe? > > > > Comments? > > > > Bob Keefer > - > 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 .
