Dear Geoff
I don't think you can compare the look of Epson prints with Cibachromes as a
guide to how good a scanner is.
I did a test of some RGB to CMYK conversions and at the same time between
some cheap one-shot scans and Crosfield drum scans. Using an Epson printer I
was able to get very acceptable prints even from the cheap scans. This was
when a local bureau still did Fuji proofs. I then got the files output to
litho film at 175 line screen and proofed. I naturally assumed that if A4
Epson prints looked good a litho print at A5 would show no difference between
the files. Amazingly the limitations of the one shot scans made them quite
unuseable for litho print.
There seems to be something about Epson printers which improves the
appearance of files.
I know that others have experienced this.
Yours
Bob Croxford
In a message dated 11/27/02 12:31:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< after a little tweaking (and bearing in mind still quite new to this,
see my other posts!) am impressed with the A3 prints done on the Epson
1290 and which are coming out better than Cibas (same image, same size)
especially in terms of sharpness (or 'apparent sharpness' for the
pedantic) and retention of highlight/control of contrast - other pluses
include: tone and colour controllable (Ciba struggles with some blues,
inkjet blues are coming out better, so far), white border (useful for
adding text), unit cost much lower, immediate printing - the only
miunuses at the moment are print lightfastness ("10 years" with 1290,
Epson inks and premium glossy, against 50 years or so for Cibas) and >>
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