Re: filmscanners: real value?

["Robert E. Wright" <rew@impulse.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Jackson <Ian_Jackson@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:01 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value?


> 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?
Olympus P-400 at 1000 USD?
> 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
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
>