Rob Geraghty wrote:
> Come to think of it, the issue may not be hard drive speed
> but DMA - without DMA the hard drive steals too many CPU cycles from the
> CDR and software. Nero seems to be the most reliable with the 7502 - of
> the software I've tried.
>
Oddly, Adaptec states on tehir w
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> > The reason SCSI has, to a great extent, fallen out of favor, other than
> > cost, is that, very simply, it is a large pain in the butt to configure
> > correctly, and it is a pain for manufacturer's to implement correctly,
> > and it has changed flavor dozens of tim
shAf wrote:
>
> Arthur writes ...
>
> > ...
> > but I live in the *real* world.
> > ...
>
> > I am not for a minute saying that SCSI isn't a superior
> > system. ... [but]
> > ... It is also more prone to bad cabling due to
> > cheap cables or defective plugs, 25 pin cabling
> > can cause
Since this is becoming OT, I'm going to be terse in my comments. I
still stand by my original statement below:
>
> The reason SCSI has, to a great extent, fallen out of favor, other than
> cost, is that, very simply, it is a large pain in the butt to configure
> correctly, and it is a pain for
Bob Armstrong wrote:
>
> On Thursday, October 26, Art wrote:
>
> > Regarding driving licenses, I don't think something like understanding
> > how to use one type of computer interface should require anywhere near
> > the time it takes to learn the rules and laws of the road, the
> > coordinatio
Tony Sleep wrote:
>
> > Just bought a Minolta Dimage dual II with USB.
> > I hope someone can give me some clue why my scans are so dark.
>
> How do you know they are dark? Have you calibrated your monitor!?
>
Just a quick comment regarding monitor adjustment. Of course, it is
possible some
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> I have a virtually new SprintScan 4k for sale. It has very little use, has
> an extra set of negative and slide holders...original box etc. Comes with
> latest version of Polaroid Insight, latest firmware, latest drivers,
> manuals, cables, SCSI card etc. Everythin
Guy Prince wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
> I have been forced into laptopdom because of space. We had to
> buy a home about 1/4 the size of the rental home we had. My
> computer/photography lab was sacrificed.
> Although I do have a large two car detached garage with power,
> w
cd's to go wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope this isn't too much off topic. At the moment I am scanning both
> slides and negatives with a Minolta Scan Dual II. I do the scanning at
> maximum resolution (2820 dpi), open the files in Photoshop 6.0, crop the
> photo slightly and do all my colour co
Guy Prince wrote:
>
> Art,
>
> Point taken. But the bright orange blazers and pants with the
> bright orange background kept me mesmerized. I was helpless.
>
>
Guy
I have to admit I haven't seen the show since we got a color TV...
(about 35 years ago??)
Come to think of it, is tha
Johnny Deadman wrote:
>
> on 5/11/00 8:16 pm, Arthur Entlich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > But when I want to be warm and comfy, I sit in the living room
> >> (big enough for 5 people on two sofas) with my laptop and pretend
> >> everything is r
Bill Ross wrote:
> Speaking of Epson tho, I didn't see the 1160 on their web
> site - is it out of production?
>
> Bill Ross
I did notice it being dumped recently at very reasonable pricing.
Further Epson has just released a new series of very reasonably priced
2880 x 720 dpi printers in the
This issue is getting very muddied up. While everything Laurie says
below is correct, there is one point which might be lost on some
people. Changing the image size in Photoshop without checking the
"resample" box, does absolutely nothing to the file outside of
Photoshop. It is an internal funct
Tony Sleep wrote:
>
> > Just a quick comment regarding monitor adjustment.
>
> I don't disagree Art. It was just that it's something which should be got
> out of the way at the outset, and mightn't have occurred to someone who is
> new to all this.
>
Fair enough. My reason for making my comme
Guy Prince wrote:
>
> Pete,
>
> You've brought up several good points. First, many times it is
> the person behind the keyboard making the mistakes and not the
> equipment. (my neighbor at this very moment is using a gas
> powered leaf blower right outside my window, I ca
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> This is absolutely correct. You can send the printer driver any resolution
> you want, and it has to interpolate the data into halftone screens anyway.
> If you do leave the box checked, and resize, you will then be double
> interpolating the data...once in PS and
Stephen Irving wrote:
>
> The Epson 1200 apparently prints best at an output dpi of 240 but what about
> the best output dpi for the Epson 1270?
>
Why would you expect it to be different?
Art
photoscientia wrote:
>
> The problem is, that you can get used to anything, even a poor monitor.
> After a while, you don't notice the slight magenta cast, or the fact that
> you can't see any shadow detail below a pixel value of 50, and it gets to
> the point where you literally can't believe
Guy Prince wrote:
>
> Okay, I am back at work and able to use the filmscanner again.
> Thank goodness.
>
> I just scanned a mostly dark slide (supposed to be dark) at
> 1200 dpi and, in picture publisher, changed the dimensions to
> 7" x 4.66". The .tif
Roger Smith wrote:
> I examined the 3 prints using a high-quality 4x loupe. There
> was a slight but visible improvement in quality from 240 to 360,
> which didn't surprise me too much. What did surprise me was that
> there was about the same degree of improvement from the 360 to the
>
Alan Tyson wrote:
> It says their Agfa Dimax printing machines use a
> computerised LCD mask to reduce local contrast...
>
> "Our Dimax printers overcome this problem by means of a
> liquid crystal digital mask which preferentially selects out
> dark, 'shadowy' areas, and prints them lighter-
Tony Sleep wrote:
>
> > Just to prevent reinventing the wheel, is this based upon personal
> > experience? My assumption would be different (since Photoshop does a
> > wonderful resampling job, and many printer spoolers do not
>
> I've tried printing same image at 240,300,360 and 720dpi. I re
Guy Prince wrote:
>
> Art,
>
> You answered many questions. Thank you.
>
> I work in a small glue factory and I am the computer person.
Is that plastic, casein or hide? (A-ha now I know where all those wild
horses from California are ending up!)
> My
> needs for output va
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> > > This is absolutely correct. You can send the printer driver any
> resolution
> > > you want, and it has to interpolate the data into halftone screens
> anyway.
> > > If you do leave the box checked, and resize, you will then be double
> > > interpolating the dat
Tony Sleep wrote:
>
> > This is
> > what is happening to you when you stare too long at the screen. You
> > over saturate because your eyes have compensated for the colors in front
> > of you.
>
> Fascinating, thanks! I know that when I spend a few hours in the darkroom,
> emerging into brig
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> > > The Epson 1200 apparently prints best at an output dpi of 240 but what about
> > > the best output dpi for the Epson 1270?
>
> > Why would you expect it to be different?
>
> Why would you expect any DPI to be 'best'? I am not saying it's wrong (or even
>silly
shAf wrote:
>
> Arthur writes ...
>
> > Here's how I would suggest dealing with these situations
> > (others might
> > disagree).
> >
> > If you have access to Photoshop (...) I recommend ...
> > Finally,add appropriate unsharp masking to sharpen
> > the image. Again, unsharp masking done on
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> Do you know the algorithm Epson uses, when they call it 'error diffusion'?
>
> --
> From: Frank Paris
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:RE: Epson printing was Re: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question
>
WARNING: The following banter is only to be read by those who don't get
completely bent out of shape when there is no on topic info in a post.
(A sense of humor is also helpful).
Guy Prince wrote:
>
> Art,
>
> > Is that plastic, casein or hide? (A-ha now I know where all those wild
> > horses f
Roger Smith wrote:
>
> Hello Art,
> As you may have read on the list, I have recanted some on my
> original observations of the resampled vs non-resampled prints.
>
> Here are my comparisons, scanned at 600 dpi on an Epson 636.
> I've enclosed the whole image so you can see how
Tony Sleep wrote:
>
> > That's from inhaling those chemicals!
>
> I never inhaled.
>
OK, then its from CO2 poisoning... ;-) (acidosis)
Art
Hampton Childress wrote:
>
> With the old Epson Stylus I found that images far in excess of 2.5 times
> the line screen produced blurry prints. I recall clear surprise at
> printing a 600 dpi 5"x7" image and a 240 dpi 5"x7" and finding the 240
> dpi image noticeably sharper.
>
> Apparently, i
Frank Paris wrote:
> >
> > As much as I like science and the scientific method, it is, when it
> > comes down to it, just another religion, and I don't like science
> > zealots (I'm not suggesting Roger is one, BTW).
> >
>
> That is total bunk. Scientism may be a religion, but science isn't. S
Alan Tyson wrote:
>
> I don't think I've made myself clear.
>
> I *think* they may be identifying relatively underexposed
> *regions* & boosting the (printed) brightness locally in
> just those areas of the image, giving the same effect as
> wet-chemical-age dodging. Art suggested a means of d
Robert Buchanan wrote:
>
> I am new to the forum and most of the discussion I find fascinating,
> realizing how much I have to learn. At present, I have a practical question.
> I have a Mac G3, Adobe Photoshop, a Epson Stylus Photo 700, and a Microtek 4
> flat scanner. Most of my photo work are
Frank Paris wrote:
>
> Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and
> scratchy negatives? I can't believe how filthy my negatives are and how much
> time I have to spend cleaning them up. I never had this problem with my HP
> PhotoSmart. Things seem to be getting worse,
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> > I believe the 2000P uses dot size modulation on top of everything else,
> so
> > you don't need anything close to 6X6 dither cell to get 256 gray levels.
>
> Good point for the 2000P. I have both the 1160 and the 3000, and I believe
> they are fixed dot size... I
Clark Guy wrote:
>
> Hi, Art!
>
> I wasn't going to get involved in this issue, but I vehemently disagree with
> your assertion that
>
> "Science is whatever the ruling scientist claim is true now. "
>
Out of respect for both the list owner and other members, those silent
as well as those
Chris McBrien wrote:
>
> At risk of starting World War 3, what is the resolution of Chemical
> Film?
>
> The National Geographic magazine used to ask for any photos to be
> submitted using Kodachrome Film, so let's say Kodachrome 64 as a good
> all round film. I've tried searching for the an
Rob Geraghty wrote:
>
> Geoff wrote:
> > I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly!
>
> Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them?
>
> Rob
Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of
people do not order reprints, and since the film
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> > The only dimensions that matter are the number of pixels. The dpi and
> > hence the "physical dimensions" are utterly meaningless.
>
> That's erroneous to say they are 'utterly meaningless'. They CLEARLY are
> utterly meaningFUL to the printer driver, and, along w
Rob Geraghty wrote:
>
> Geoff wrote:
> > I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly!
>
> Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them?
>
> Rob
Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of
people do not order reprints, and since the film
HI Jerry,
I'm sorry that I not going ton try to answer you earlier question
concerning which procedure creates less loss (downsampling, then
lowering bit depth or the other way around) because it will probably
invoke too much back and forth conjecture based upon theoretical
grounds, when probably
Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
>
> Roman Kielich® wrote:
> >
> > At 20:22 15/11/2000 +, you wrote:
>
> [SNIP}
> >
> > if it is not visible, then it is not light. We call it radiation -
> > infrared, ultraviolet, gamma, etc. Only light is visible, by definition.
>
> Absolute rubbish, I suggest th
"johnprendergast.freeserve.co.uk" wrote:
>
> Anti-aliasing layer , you wouldn't be referring to the "anti-halation"
> layer, would you ?
Darn that brain chemistry can slip yoou up when you're not looking, eh?
Art
johnprendergast.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> This whole thread has been a farce, which I have been trying to pull to
> pieces bit by bit, but it all seems to be going over everyone's heads, try
> reading through it from near the start, and see how much mis-information has
> been given out by the "s
NewLeaf Productions wrote:
> Re Microtek Service:
> Bought an Artixscan 4000t two months ago. Used it heavily for 3 days,
> then unused until last week. Sadly it had failed! Perhaps I should have
> turned it off during the period of no use?
Is it just me, or is there a sudden rash of sick SS
I think this type of feedback is very useful and should be helpful for
people evaluating different units. I'm glad to hear it is something you
will be incorporating into your web site. I hope you don't plan on
getting any commercial sponsorship from any of those companies ;-)(I
think that wa
Rob Geraghty wrote:
> Edwin wrote:
>
>> Offer valid in the U.S.and Canada now through 12/31/00.
>
>
> I wonder why so many US software companies limit their offers geographically?
> Granted a large part of their market may be in north America, but don't
> they realise that by giving the res
Rob Geraghty wrote:
>
> A fellow gold coaster!
Now, I thought everyone was saying the gold ones wouldn't end up coasters...
only the silver ones, or non-name brand CDRs...
;-)
Art
Tony Sleep wrote:
>> The fact that the service contract is so expensive tells you how reliable
>> Polaroid thinks these things are. I have a similar contract for my
>> Cornerstone p1700 21" monitor, which costs almost as much as the SS4000. The
>> price of the contract? $35.
>
>
> Yeah, but f
Frank Paris wrote:
I always get them for CD players
> because they invariably pay for themselves, because eventually the
> manufacturers don't have the parts to fix the old machines when they
> inevitably break and they have to replace them with a brand new one. I
> invested $60 in (two) three
Edwin Eleazer wrote:
>
>> Service contracts generally seem bad value to me, as price must
>> be based on statistical
>> probabilities + a healthy profit element. My attitude is
>> generally to believe that the
>> company knows what it is doing, therefore I'd be more likely to
>> come out ahead
The adhesives in most CD label systems are no water soluble, so you will
have a mess if you attempt to soak them off, since only the paper will
rub off, leaving gooey adhesive behind.
I have, on occasion, removed a label and repositioned or replaced it.
It takes careful even peeling. Unfortun
One caveat, although you did mention "archivally processed". Wilhelm,
the same guy now most noted for his work on inkjet inks and papers, has
for years been researching the longevity of photographic materials. In
spite of earlier reports to the contrary, it is now known that a large
number o
Sorry to ask this off topic question... please respond in private
e-mail. I recently lost my second "free ISP" service to bankruptcy.
I'm wondering if anyone in Canada is using a free ISP and if so, if they
can tell me who it is. The only one I have found is Netzero, which
wants too much pri
If your laptop doesn't have either SCSI internally available, or a card
slot, or a cradle which accepts PCI slot cards, there are two methods.
I believe a company called Orange Micro (I think) has a USB to SCSI
interface, and if not, there are several PCMCIA to SCSI cards made.
However, all of
There are so many issues involved in the current state of digital
storage, and as stated below, only one of them is capacity.
I used to create a lot of paintings and drawing, and those that I have
kept are obviously paintings and drawings, and I suspect most will end
up being saved by whomever
I think the issue here is not that people were unaware that RC papers
were less archival than fiber based. I think this was pretty much a
given, although I do recall reading at one point about the advantages of
RC papers because they did not (in theory) absorb the thiosulfate
radicals into th
Rob Geraghty wrote:
> Art wrote:
>
>> However, I have floppy disks, (5.25, 3.5, zip) PD, CD-R,
>> CD-RW, etc etc, all over the place here. Some are from
>> Mac, PC, Amiga and Atari and even Commodore. Some
>> contain graphics, some photos, some poems, short stories,
>> letters, some mu
Digital storage is both a blessing and a curse. The ability to make
"virtually" identical copies means the ability to make nearly perfect
copies without generational loss, which is a great advantage in video,
for instance, where editing and copying require several generations to
be produced u
Hi Dave,
I don't know that I have any "good" advice for you... but I can tell you
that in terms of desktop film scanners, the majority do not have the
type of design you need to thread long film lengths through. The new
Kodak model, the RFS-3600, is designed to accept film across the bed, so
There seem to be some Photoshop tools which don't quite work in "real
time". The tool I typically find that makes me feel like I'm in "delay"
mode, is the smudge tool. I'm using a Celeron 500 with 384 megs. I've
just learned to avoid that tool.
Art
Mike wrote:
> I've just had a film scann
Clark Guy wrote:
> HI, Dave!
>
> One option that I haven't seen mentioned here is one of the less expensive
> film scanners, the
> PrimeFilm 1800U. I have seen these on Ebay for a couple of hundred USD.
> For example:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1201951441
>
Rob Geraghty wrote:
> Art wrote:
>
>> However, I have floppy disks, (5.25, 3.5, zip) PD, CD-R,
>> CD-RW, etc etc, all over the place here. Some are from
>> Mac, PC, Amiga and Atari and even Commodore. Some
>> contain graphics, some photos, some poems, short stories,
>> letters, some musical
The HD SCSI II connector is rather common, in my experience, often in
the more consumer side of things, since it is a nice small lightweight
plug. It was used by HP for their original SCSI PhotoSmart scanner, and
can be found on a number of the more recent SCSI cards which have
external conne
John Elftmann wrote:
> Hi gang.
>
> I was up late last night watching trash t.v. (Cops, Change of Heart, Blind
> date, etc. ) and scanning some old negatives with my Nikon LS-30. Near
> the end of the session, I lost the "icon window" for my scan sessions and am
> now unable to select which sh
There is a direct relationship between the color mask characteristics
and processing. The dye masks are directly related to how the color
development of the film occurs, since both the actual color negative
image and the visible dye layers are related inversely. Indeed, errors
in processing
Roman Kielich® wrote:
> you sound like a first class US lawyer. Indeed, the negative films were,
> are and will be designed primarily to be copied onto a positive medium,
> to wit a photographic paper.
> The reason for the orange mask is an unwanted absorption of a cyan and a
> magenta dye i
Laurie Solomon wrote:
>> Bear in mind that it is not important, how does the mask look to your eye,
>> but how the paper emulsion sees it. and for the paper the differences may
>> be negligible.
>
>
> So would one be wrong to interpret what you are saying here in a fashion as
> to infer that
Roman Kielich® wrote:
> At 07:37 13/01/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>
> the color of the mask depends on used components, which vary from
> manufacturer to manufacturer and/or film. it is however possible to have
> films with identical mask, even from different manufacturers. it
> depends, what
OK Photo wrote:
>
>> It used to be printed on photographic paper you know, using the same
>> filter pack
>> for an entire roll, or even an entire batch of film!
>
>
> That would be true if the entire roll was shot using the
> same exposure, lighting, etc.
>
> Change your exposure, lighting
Collin Ong wrote:
> This brought up a thought: If a film were designed for scanning without
> considerations for conventional printing, what characteristics would it
> include?
>
> Could there be a negative film (with its broad exposure latitude), but
> with no orange mask?
>
> What else?
chuck phelps wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:14:09 + Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > digital photography is too young for any real standard, you want a
> > film
> > > designed for scanning?
> >
> > I've heard Fuji ProviaF was specifically designed for scanning.
>
One suggested method to reduce contrast on chromes is to pre-flash them
at, I believe, 1/10th their proper exposure. This creates a "fog" which
reduces the contrast.
Art
Michael Wilkinson wrote:
> Tony,
> Despite protestations from others on the list concerning only processing
> at industry
Now that's what I call Admin: Power!
Tony Sleep wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:55:23 EST ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>
>> Unfortunately, California doesn't have anyone to blame but the liberal
>> "tree-hugger" officials they elected.
>
>
> STOP NOW PLEASE! this has wandered completely o
You aren't the first to point out oversaturated reds with the HP S-20.
Interestingly, however, I have this problem with transparencies, and you
have it with negs, which seems to imply something is either wrong with
the software or the CCD sensitivity.
I have spoken to HP engineers about this,
There are a number of different types of compressors. Ones based upon
refrigeration compressors provide a very clean and quiet air source.
Diaphragm based units also provide clean air but they are noisier, so it
is important to get one with a pressure shut off switch so they don't
develop too
Photoscientia wrote:
> Hi Tony.
>
>
>> I haven't a problem with the gamut, it's wider than most print processes, it's that
>> the Epson's seem incapable of subtlety in places. This becomes fairly obvious if
>> you try and print a graduated bar that runs through all hues. This seems to be the
I realize this thread is somewhat off topic, but I have yet to see any
samples of 2880 dpi Epson output at any store. Is there really any
improvement over the 1440 dpi output? Does anyone know if the banding
is lessened or increased with this "higher res" printing?
Art
Rob Geraghty wrote:
Tony Sleep wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:01:40 -0600 Robert Kehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>
>> However, when
>> something better comes along my 2000P will be up for sale. I'll let you know
>> in a hundred years how the prints are holding up.
>
>
> Perhaps you shouldn't have tempted
Robert Kehl wrote:
>
> I believe the 5500 claims 200yrs light fastness.
> But how 'bout the new 1290, 2880dpi, 4pl with 20yrs lightfastness!
>
> BK
That makes a lot more sense... that would be the 2000P technology being
used in the 5500. Being that the 7500 wide carriage is a 7000 with ne
Robert Kehl wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Tony Sleep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:46 AM
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:01:40 -0600 Robert Kehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rob Geraghty wrote:
> "Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I realize this thread is somewhat off topic, but I have yet to see any
>> samples of 2880 dpi Epson output at any store. Is there really any
>> improvement over the 1440 dpi
Frank Paris wrote:
> That's a long way from 100 years, though, claimed for the 2000P. I
suppose
> that's next, though: 2880dppi, 100 years.
>
> Frank Paris
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684
>
Epson tends to introduce their newer technologies in thei
Clark Guy wrote:
>
> HI, Tim!
>
> If you have a stand-up shower stall in your home, you might try
> using that as a place to hang your negatives.
Static build-up is reduced in higher humidity locations. This reduces
dust attraction to plastic surfaces. Also, most bathrooms ar
Hart or Mary Jo Corbett wrote:
> The Epson 7000, 7500 and 9000 all use archival inks and all claim 100 to 200
> years, per the Epson site [sprinkle on as much salt as you think is
> appropriate!!]
>
> Hart Corbett
>
As I understand it, the 7000 and 9000 need to be retro-fitted in some
manne
Photoshop has this feature built in, as do other programs that
manipulate images. It is usually called "skew" or "perspective", and in
most cases allows for a complete range of adjustments. Of course, if
the problem is severe, the resolution is altered in the areas of the
image which require
Bill Gass wrote:
> Same reply I received. Interestingly, the next day and today there is no
> evidence of the jaggies that were so obvious when I posted my query. It
> is not the power since I have everything connected to a UPS with line
> conditioning.
>
> Bill
>
It might be the power of
The 800 series of printers are promoted by Epson as their office models.
They emphasize speed, especially black text speed with these printers.
Although they seem to do fine in the photo/art department, they are
not part of their home "image" lineup. They are usually more costly due
to th
wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Entlich wrote:
>
>> Static build-up is reduced in higher humidity locations. This reduces
>> dust attraction to plastic surfaces. Also, most bathrooms are not
>> carpeted, and do not have flocked wallpaper or textured ceilings, a
Epson tries to walk a fine line on this matter. One the one hand, they
are absolutely within their rights to refuse service, or charge for
service for any printer returned during warranty which has head problems
which could be related to the ink used, and in fact, I would go as far
as saying
John Woodworth wrote:
> Here is a quote from the FAQ's section of epson's website
> (http://files.support.epson.com/txt/pho127/pho127f1.txt) which may be of
> interest:
>
> "Q: Can the Epson ink cartridges be refilled or can 3rd party ink
> cartridges be used without voiding the warranty?
>
The 600 and 800 printers were Epson's first which had 1440 dpi x 720 dpi
resolution, and they were actually amazingly good for their time. I've
got to tell you, I still use two 720 x 720 dpi Epsons and the only
complaint I have is the speed of printing. They are a bit more picky
than the new
I have read, and even tried, the suggestion of pre-washes or pre-soaks.
The "logic" behind it was that by pre-wetting the film, it would
reduce the risk of bubbles or trapped air which might keep the developer
from the film surface. It also brings the film and reels, etc, up to
temperature.
Well, firstly, if anything other than the head itself in involved, they
are required to replace or repair these units. If a motor burns out,
logic or other electronics, power supply, switches, or paper drive were
to fail, that likely would not be ink related.
However, even if it was involving
IronWorks wrote:
> And we now have the paperless office that was predicted 5 years ago.
>
> Maris
Try 20 years ago... ;-(
Art
35mm film will go the way of the do-do, just as movies theaters did when
television started showing films, and later when videotaped movies came
out. I haven't seen a movie theater in decades, have you?
However, in fairness, 8mm movie film has become a rarity since video
camcorders. What g
I have rarely found buying top of the line works out as "good value" in
most peripherals. Look at things like dot matrix printers. I bought a
top end one which cost a minor fortune. Sure it still could work if I
used it, it was designed to last. Too bad it was superseded for most
applicati
Photoscientia wrote:
> Hi Art.
>
> Arthur Entlich wrote:
>
>
>> Epson tries to walk a fine line on this matter. One the one hand, they
>> are absolutely within their rights to refuse service, or charge for
>> service for any printer returned during warranty
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