[photo-3d] stereocard printer possibilities?

[Don Radovich <donrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I'm at my wit's end (which didn't take too long; I apparently have short
wits). I decided to get a photo printer to play around with making
stereo cards.  3D Stereo Image Factory Plus has a great little template
built-in that allows you to print out monolithic Q-Vu formated prints. 
It's great: you work out all the stereo window/rotational problems with
the software then just print, cut on the dotted lines, and slip into a
Q-Vu mount.  All one would need is a printer that gives an acceptable
image in a viewer.

I thought the Epson Stylus Photo 870 was that printer.  What clinched it
for me was the fact that the fading problem with inkjets had supposedly
been solved by Epson, who were making claims that 870 prints would last
as long as photographic prints.  While they had done tests with
lightfastness, they hadn't counted on the environment.  Big mistake.  It
seems that, in some areas of the country, the 870 photos were fading in
as little as a day or two because of ozone levels.  PR nightmare.  Epson
is trying to avoid a class action lawsuit by offering to buy back the
printers.  Anyway, to make a long story short, the Epson is not gonna
work for making cards.

Everything else is in place.  I'm ready to become a stereocard
convert/practitioner/tycoon.  All I need is the right printer.  Other
people on this list must be doing this.  I've heard some people mention
dye-sub printers.  I need to keep costs down but I'm ready to consider
anything.  There are low priced dye-subs from Olympus (P300) and Canon
(CD-300) but they only print on 4 x 6.  What printers are you all using?

Thanks,
Don