Quality printers?

John A. Stovall wrote:
I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print about
1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

Epson R200 or R300?

John A. Stovall wrote:
I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print about
1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

Epson R200 or R300?

John A. Stovall wrote:
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:17:47 -0000, "David J Taylor"
wrote:

John A. Stovall wrote:
I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print
about 1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

Epson R200 or R300?

I was looking for the archival quality of the Ultrachrome inks and
those don't seem to have that.

I do historical and preservation research and some of the prints go to
museums and historical societies as part of archives.

OK. I was going more by the "1%" figure!

Cheers,
David

John A. Stovall writes:

I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print about
1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

Do you like glossy or matte prints? The R800 is more oriented towards glossy
prints with its gloss optimizer, and the R2200 is more oriented towards matte
prints. Obviously if you ever wanted to go to 13x19" prints, the R2200 will
handle that, but it is also $300 more expensive. If you are doing lots of
prints, I know there are continous ink flow systems available that help reduce
the cost of consumables, but you have to weigh that against the initial costs.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

John A. Stovall writes:

I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print about
1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

Do you like glossy or matte prints? The R800 is more oriented towards glossy
prints with its gloss optimizer, and the R2200 is more oriented towards matte
prints. Obviously if you ever wanted to go to 13x19" prints, the R2200 will
handle that, but it is also $300 more expensive. If you are doing lots of
prints, I know there are continous ink flow systems available that help reduce
the cost of consumables, but you have to weigh that against the initial costs.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

John A. Stovall writes:

On 17 Dec 2004 15:42:40 -0500, Michael Meissner
wrote:

John A. Stovall writes:

I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print about
1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

Do you like glossy or matte prints? The R800 is more oriented towards glossy
prints with its gloss optimizer, and the R2200 is more oriented towards matte
prints. Obviously if you ever wanted to go to 13x19" prints, the R2200 will
handle that, but it is also $300 more expensive. If you are doing lots of
prints, I know there are continous ink flow systems available that help reduce
the cost of consumables, but you have to weigh that against the initial costs.

Thanks, I do a limited number of prints and they are almost always
glossy unless they are scans of old photos. In the past I've done a
few 11x14's but really don't see my doing any of those in digital.

Then it sounds like you want the R800. Depending on how much or little you
print, another option is an online printer. I tend to use mpix.com for prints
I give away, sell and/or frame, and my home printer (HP printers in this case)
for normal day to day stuff. Older Epsons had a reputation for clogging, and
some people try to print something weekly to prevent the clogs.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

John A. Stovall writes:

On 17 Dec 2004 15:42:40 -0500, Michael Meissner
wrote:

John A. Stovall writes:

I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print about
1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

Do you like glossy or matte prints? The R800 is more oriented towards glossy
prints with its gloss optimizer, and the R2200 is more oriented towards matte
prints. Obviously if you ever wanted to go to 13x19" prints, the R2200 will
handle that, but it is also $300 more expensive. If you are doing lots of
prints, I know there are continous ink flow systems available that help reduce
the cost of consumables, but you have to weigh that against the initial costs.

Thanks, I do a limited number of prints and they are almost always
glossy unless they are scans of old photos. In the past I've done a
few 11x14's but really don't see my doing any of those in digital.

Then it sounds like you want the R800. Depending on how much or little you
print, another option is an online printer. I tend to use mpix.com for prints
I give away, sell and/or frame, and my home printer (HP printers in this case)
for normal day to day stuff. Older Epsons had a reputation for clogging, and
some people try to print something weekly to prevent the clogs.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

I use an HP 7660 for printing pictures. It is outstanding. I don't use it
for anything else. I have a Brother all in one for that (scanner, printer,
fax, copier).

"John A. Stovall" wrote in message
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I'm putting together a serious digital system and am now looking at
printers. I've got a short list down to the two Epson Models, the
R800 or the R2200. I will only be doing 8x10's and I only print about
1% of what I shoot (at least if I follow my film habits).

What are the pros and cons of these? Any other's I should look at?

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