Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700 - ok?

[thinhle@xxxxxxx (Thinh Le)]

If you are making long prints at the highest resolution, 1440x720, then you
might want to go for a faster model and one with larger ink cartridges. I
don't have the exact number but the difference is very considerable, you
would want to check with the specs and/or with Epson. On a slow model, it
might take hours and possibly the whole cartridge of inks to make an 8x44"
print. http://www.missupply.com/ will sell a large ink systems for selected
Epson printers so you might want to check with them.
As for printing longer than 44", Glenn suggested R9Epson which sounds
promising and I hope to give it a try. Also, I've just found a way that
works fairly well: Adobe Indesign. You can place a native Photoshop image in
an Indesign document that spans a number of pages and you set all of the
margins to zero. In the Epson printer setup dialog, make sure you specify
the same page size as the page size in Indesign and you must set your paper
source to banner. One tip, choose smaller page size but more pages. The
printer driver did nothing when the page size and the image is too big.
(Make sure you have plenty of processing power and free disk space)
Thinh Le

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Shute <pshute@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 1:25 PM
Subject: Epson Stylus Photo 700 - ok?


I'm now looking at buying an Epson Stylus Photo 700. Can anyone who's
got one tell me:
1. Can it print up to 44"?
2. How do you find the running costs?
3. Have you tried refilling with 3rd party inks?
4. Would this printer also be suitable for use as a general purpose
printer (i.e. black text)?
5. Have you found the ink to smear or fade?
Peter Shute