I saw an 8x10 B&W print made with an ALPS at CompUSA, that looked really
excellant. I'm on the edge of getting a new computer, maybe a new printer
will be in the deal too.
ALPS is the (only?) printer that can print in white for model railroading
decals.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tomoko Yamamoto <tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus List <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denton Taylor <denton@xxxxxxxx>; Joel Wilcox
<jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Doug Smith <wd-smith@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 10:54 PM
Subject: Re:[OM] OT: Alps/Epson Print Comparison
> Olympians,
>
> It has been a long time since I posted my request for volunteers to send
me an
> Epson print sample. Because of my preoccupation with photo equipment
rather
> than digital equipment, I have put off this follow-up for quite a while.
Now
> that some of us are having a digital talk, I thought it might be
appropriate to
> bring this up again.
>
> I now have a collection of six print samples for those interested to get
an idea
> of
> what the Alps dye-sub or the recent Epson printing can do for them. Out of
six,
> three of these are Alps dye-sub prints in three different color densities.
You
> can get an idea of what kind of color saturation the Alps printer can
achieve.
>
> The Epson printers can do remarkably well given the fact that it is an
inkjet
> printer. If you put your loupe to these prints, you can see dots. The
white
> area consists of dots in different colors to simulate white to your eyes.
Three
> prints come from three Epson printers, one is from the earlier 600 model,
one is
> Photo 700, I believe, and the third from Photo EX. The latter two prints
are
> the results of six-color printing. You can see how well Epson has
improved
> their techniques to deceive your eyes so to speak.
>
> Everyone has his/her taste for color rendition. I think it would be good
to
> have a look at these prints in 5x7 size at least to make your decision of
> printer purchase.
>
> If you would like to just have a look and return to me within 14 days, you
would
> be
> paying only $2.00 for postage. If you want to keep one of these samples,
it
> would be $3.00 per print.
>
> If you would like to have a look at all the six samples, please send me a
$20
> check in US funds. When all the prints are returned, I will reimburse you
$18.
> All the sample prints have the same image of a woman carrying a fruit
basket on
> her
> head. So it is easy to compare different prints given the same image.
>
> If you would like to buy or rent only a couple of prints, the cost would
be $3
> per print plus $2.00 for shipping. Since I would be using the same-size
> envelope to protect the prints regardless of number of prints, the
shipping
> remains the same.
>
> If you have any questions, opinions, please feel free to express them to
the
> list. If you would like to rent a packet of the six prints, please
contact me
> off list: mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
>
> I would like to thank Denton Taylor, Joel Wilcox, and Doug Smith
(PhotoForum)
> for volunteering to make these prints available.
>
> Tomoko Yamamoto
> mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
> http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
>
>
>
>
>
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