Re: Epson Roll Paper Holder

[Ernst Dinkla <ernst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In <URL:news:lokaal.panorama> on Thu 30 Mar, Alan Zinn wrote:
> At 02:20 PM 3/29/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >The eternal quest for "cheaper" and "archival" will end up with diminishing
> >returns. If you want "archival", do dye transfers of something akin to the
> >Evercolor method or traditional B&W or alt processes such as platinum, etc.
> >
> >If you want 'cheap', forget digital printing completely, especially anything
> >with any kind of quality, and go with grocery store 35mm film & one hour
> >processing.
> >
> >dan smith
> 
> 
> I don't think you have much of a point there Dan. Those of us who make a lot
> of images for pleasure, not sales, welcome the relative quality and very
> cheap cost of the Epson ink jet type print. If I were passing on whatever
> cost to a customer plus a 20% mark-up I would of course go for the highest
> quality the customer could swallow.  In the event that one of my hundreds of
> one dollar ink jet prints proves to be a hot item I will certainly have
> Ilfochromes made:->

The archival quality of dye transfers and Ilfochromes is already
available with inks usable in Epsons. The Ilford Archiva CMYK inks +
Ilford paper for the Encad are usable in the Epson 3000 and with a
slight adaptation for the 9000 and the 1200 etc.  CcMmYK inks based on the
Archiva range will soon be available as Xtreme Gamut inks for Epsons.
Another choice is the Generations pigment ink that has some limitations
on colour strength and paper choice. If you want archival inkjet prints it
certainly doesn't have to mean it will be cheaper. If you want cheaper
inkjet prints buy Chinese cartridges or do refills. If you want non
archival, expensive inks stay with the manufacturers carts (before the
1270 range). If you want big affordable archival panorama prints it isn't
so stupid to check what can be done in inkjet printing.

Ernst
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Ernst Dinkla  Serigrafie,Zeefdruk            The point will never be metric