Re: filmscanners: real value?

["Ian Jackson" <Ian_Jackson@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Michael,

I've got to be careful here as this is a scanners BBS not a printer BBS but
I wonder why there are so few people film scanning then printing with dye
sublimation printers?

Surely these would fully complement say a 4000 dpi scanner?

My only questions are:

(1) B&W - I see no mention of this is any Dye sub printer literature
(2) Where do I find an A3 Dye sub printer under 2000 UK Pounds?

Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Moore" <miguelmas@uswest.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value?


> Ian,
> I totally agree. HP has fallen victim to the same short term marketing
mentality
> that infects too many of today's manufacturers and service providers. That
said,
> I do think that their printers at least are much better made than
Epson's...
> What I would really like to see is the old HP mentality applied to their
> printers, etc., so that we would have truly professional equipment, both
in
> manufacture and design... I will also reply to Art's comment about the
price
> comparison between HP and Epson... wheteher it's the 740, the 870, or the
2000,
> they all have the print head as part of the printer, so if the darned
thing
> clogs beyond repair, you're scr.... (my spell-checker just kicked in).
> As for HP, ain't nobody that I know making third party archival
pigment/inks for
> the darn thing.... Just give me a Fuji Frontier...
>
> Mike Moore
>
> Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> > Michael Moore wrote.....
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > I respect your comment about HP assuming you meant the same
oscilloscopes,
> > power supplies etc,   that I also used.  However HP's Computers,
printers,
> > software and service FOR THOSE PRODUCTS,  are just not in the same
league.
> >
> > Somehow I feel you would not disagree?
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Arthur Entlich" <artistic@ampsc.com>
> > To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value?
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Michael Moore wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > > Didn't the 932C cost a good deal more than the 740 (I'm not on top of
> > > the prices on these)?  And yes, most anything can be made to last, it
> > > costs more R&D and usually more in material and manufacturing expense
to
> > > do so.  That's not my point.  Making a car last (say a Ford Model T)
> > > that can't go above 30 miles an hour, other than as a collectable,
> > > doesn't make good sense in a world that demands cars that can go 80
mph
> > > for practical considerations. The same is true (and more so) of high
> > > tech.  If you owned a 10 megabyte harddrive and it was built to last
for
> > > 50 years, would you still be using it today? Not likely.  The darn
thing
> > > has more value in aluminum and gold than in either practical use or
> > > resale value.
> > >
> > > BTW, I have a perfectly good 10 meg hard drive I'll sell you (weighs
> > > about 15 pounds -- you pay postage, too)  And if you'd like that one,
> > > you'll really appreciate my dual drive Bernoulli with disks (which are
> > > 12" wide and hold 5 or 10 megs each... it weights about 50 pounds.)
and
> > > is bigger than a tower computer ;-)
> > >
> > > Art
> > >
> > >
>