Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-21 Thread Curt Raymond
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times Message-ID: 46aec30f-f86d-4b6d-8f89-dfe8400a6...@penoff.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii A better suggestion: get a laser printer. Higher upfront costs, but a lot easier and cheaper to use, IMHO. Dan

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-21 Thread Dan Penoff
as dedicated printer and scanner machine. Maybe build all 3 into a dedicated case in the basement. -Curt Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 07:36:46 -0400 From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times Message-ID: 46aec30f

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-21 Thread Fmiser
Dan wrote: It's actually cheaper to send pictures to Walgreens and pick them up an hour later. Cheaper - sure. But that isn't the only measure just like Mercedes parts shouldn't be chosen by price alone. For example, what if you want the print to actually look like what you edited? It's

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-21 Thread Greg Fiorentino
] Testing apple times Dan wrote: It's actually cheaper to send pictures to Walgreens and pick them up an hour later. Cheaper - sure. But that isn't the only measure just like Mercedes parts shouldn't be chosen by price alone. For example, what if you want the print to actually look like what

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-21 Thread Curt Raymond
: [MBZ] Testing apple times Message-ID: a3c4e733-d9cb-4b94-9439-8b8bb4c3d...@penoff.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Point well taken. Have you considered using labels as opposed to printing directly on DVDs? Or how about using the LightScribe stuff? I abandoned ink jets years ago out

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-21 Thread Dan Penoff
Sorry I wasn't more specific. If I want something other than vacation snaps quality, the color corrected image file goes to a professional lab. I have a house fll of professionally printed photos, all of them taken form the over 5000 frames of medium format film I've shot over the years. Dan

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-20 Thread Dan Penoff
A better suggestion: get a laser printer. Higher upfront costs, but a lot easier and cheaper to use, IMHO. Dan Sent from my iPad On Apr 20, 2014, at 12:32 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote: Here are some tips for cleaning Epson printer heads (I've done more than a few, just

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-20 Thread Peter Frederick
You wouldn't make that suggestion if you compared color photographs printed on the two machines. You will be very frustrated if you use an Epson photo printer for plain text, though. It will look perfect, but the ink is expensive and you will have trouble with the color when you do print

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-20 Thread Jim Cathey
A better suggestion: get a laser printer. That's how we ended up with the Phaser printer. So far, so good. All our BW printing is on HP laser printers. It's the color that is problematic. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-20 Thread Dan Penoff
I had a Minolta color laser printer that did a good job, but color laser is not ideal for photos. Dan Sent from my iPad On Apr 20, 2014, at 8:44 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: A better suggestion: get a laser printer. That's how we ended up with the Phaser printer. So far,

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-19 Thread Curt Raymond
to have a working printer... -Curt Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:46:59 +0930 From: Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times Message-ID: 5351dc9b.6010...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-19 Thread Peter Frederick
Here are some tips for cleaning Epson printer heads (I've done more than a few, just finished up reviving an old R800 head for use in an R2880). First, the dye inks do NOT dry out in the printer. They become very viscous, but do not dry. Pigment inks do indeed dry down, but are readily

Re: [MBZ] Testing apple times

2014-04-18 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Ha ha +1 for that one. Wonder how they feel about me buying a screen for an iphoney off ebay Speaking of printers, the other day I had job that involved taking a load of stuff to the rubbish dump. In amongst all the crap was a HP printer, which looked OK so I took it home. Fired it up and all