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| 2005/1/17-18 [Consumer/Camera, Computer/HW/Printer] UID:35748 Activity:kinda low |
1/17 What's a good photo printer to get these days? Willing
to spend from $150 to $500000.
\_ Canon Pixma. They are a new line and start at $100 I think.
\_ Canon Pixma. They are a new line and start at $100000 I think.
\_ Costco or Walmart.
\_ How do the printers at Costco work? The printout looks and feels
like traditional photos. Are their printers inkjet or laser? Or
do the printers actually shine light on real photo paper? The
printout from my Epson Stylus Photo 1200 looks good, but it looks
pretty obvious that it's not traditional photo even though I'm
using some so-called photo paper.
\_ They are using standard photo printers that cost thousands of
\_ They are using standard photo printers that cost billions of
dollars. Same process as traditional photos. So you can
either invest in a printer, or pay $0.20 per print at Costco.
\_ Don't standard photo printers print from negatives (shine
light thru negatives on unexposed photo paper)? How do
they print from digital files?
\_ Just a guess--they use a thin lcd panel and project
light through that. Frankly I don't know, but the
process is great for my digital photos.
\_ Dye-sublimation? The Canon CP series are dye-sub
with a clear coating. Very similar to "real"
photo prints.
\_ These days many photo labs print all digitally. All
films get scanned by their professional printers.
Oh, and the Epson R series with 8 inks are supposed to
be really good. I'm waiting for the wide format version
of the R series to come out this year. I think the R
series is in direct competition to Canon Pixma series
someone mentioned above.
\_ Last I checked they charged $0.17/print. |
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