Re: [photo-3d] Computer Printers

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Reynolds wrote:

> I would like to point out a few things about any of these printers.
> 
> First, they are "photo quality" if you've been getting pretty bad
> 4x6's from a one hour lab.  Compared to a good 8x10 print they aren't
> there yet.  This isn't bad.  They just look different (just as
> photographs look different than oil paintings) and that can be a plus.
> I think there is too much emphasis on the output from these printers
> looking like a silver based photograph.

If one has an Alps printer w/Dye-Sub mode (technically, actually
a pigment-Sub mode) it's actually decently photographic in that
mode (and not-so-good in other photo modes which I don't
use in mine, usually just dye-sub photos or text).

Alps has given up on the retail market, and gone back to OEM'ing,
their forte.  Some may still be available in stores in the US, and
it's being sold by Okidata in various parts of the world (OEM'd
from Alps).

There are other dyesub printers around which are very good too,
but at quite a higher price premium than the Alps.

Mike K.