It's a winner. BTW, you should expect a replacement for the 2200 at PMA in the
spring, so I'd expect 2200 prices to drop soon or generate a rebate.
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Re: EPSON 2200 PHTO STYLUS PRINTER
From: "DICK LAGUE" <rlague@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:24:17 -0800
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Thanks Chuck, I have heard good things about them and I am thinking of
>getting one to replace my 1270.
>
>This seems to be a phenomenal printer, and a good value for the money.
>
>Dick Lague
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
>Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 4:35 AM
>To: Olympus mail list
>Subject: [OM] EPSON 2200 PHTO STYLUS PRINTER
>
>Dick asked:
>Any opinions on the Epson 2200? Thinking of getting one and wanted to
>know what the groups experience might be with this printer.
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Superb printer. I use one ocassionally that is owned by a friend. Most
>
>recently I used it to produce some B&W prints from a restoration job I
>had done. A 1940's 8x10 with literally thousands of cracks in the
>emulsion. I wanted regular chemical prints but the lab had tried three
>times to make a B&W print from the digital image and none of them suited
>
>me. Always too dark and contrasty. They finally grew exasperated with
>me and offered me my money back to quit pestering them.
>
>That's when I turned to the 2200 which did produce some beautiful
>prints. I should note that the printer was setup for ordinary color
>work and did not have the special sets of inks that are available for
>strictly B&W work.
>
>No scientific data here but the surface of the 2200 prints strikes me as
>
>physically soft and prone to scratching if roughly handled... at least
>as compared to prints from my old HP P1100. However, the image quality
>from the P1100 just doesn't compare. The 2200 blows it away. The 2200
>owner suggests that the prints will harden with a couple days drying
>time. I don't know. So far, whatever I've printed has been turned over
>
>quickly to someone else and I have advised them to mount the prints
>under glass.
>
>On the 2200 owner's wall there are some 13x19" portraits of young girls
>done on water color paper. Stunning.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
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