Re: filmscanners: real value?

["Michael Moore" <miguelmas@uswest.net>]

I cut my electronics teeth on HP when I trained as an electronics tech in Th
US Navy... Their stuff was always built to last... Last summer I bought an HP
932C... it's built much better than my Epson 740... plus the cartridges come
with the nozzles built in so if a print head clogs, you just replace the
cartridge... I bought it to replace an Epson that had a clogged print
head...(third party inks!)... I thinks it's a load of bull that things can't
be made to last...

Mike M

Arthur Entlich wrote:

> > Art ,we all have our own approach to acquiring those items we want,your
> > way is a good way foreword,but don't misinterpret what I was endorsing.
> > When I purchased my current Flatbed scanner in 1995 (its 7th birthday is
> > around the corner)
>
> You obviously did a great deal of research and discovered an unusual
> product.  I can think of very few models of anything in the PC
> marketplace that have been manufactured for nearly 7 years, even if they
> were not superseded by newer product.
>
> Quality certainly has its place, and its cost in high tech markets. The
> life cycles most PC peripheral devices are tested for is way below seven
> years, today.  Until very recently, however, I was using a HP Laserjet
> II, which I am sure HP wished they never made, because it is not only
> still a reasonable quality laser printer, but it also lasted for years,
> keeping people from considering newer product.
>
> Art
>
> > I wrote down my current and perceived future requirements.
> > I found only one scanner that fitted the bill and I bought it.
> > within 12 months there was a scanner from another manufacturer  being
> > demonstrated ,I checked it out and sure enough it was better than mine
> > in many respects.
> > But ,7 years on and my scanner works every day,its built like the
> > proverbial out house and produces scans which, whilst soft and lacking
> > in shadow detail compared with current high end kit,sell.
> > I expect to be using it for at least another 5 years.
> > Now this suits me as to be fair it was a major investment. Had I paid 10
> > percent of its original cost I would be looking for a replacement
> > maybe,but only because the magazine reviews and the glossy brochures
> > would be seducing me.
> > The bottom line for me must be Is it still doing its job properly if the
> > answer is yes then there is no need to pension it off.The manufacturer
> > is still selling them !!
> > best wishes
> > Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Road,Ketley, Telford.Shropshire TF 15 DJ
> >   michael@infocus-photography.co.uk      www.infocus-photography.co.uk
> > For Trannies and Negs from Digital Files