Brian Campbell wrote: > Bolo Wrote: > > It seems to me that ever since Canon released the S800 (and now the > > S900 and S9000), that Epson has been needing to be competitive again, > > instead of standing on their laurels. > > Hmm - does that apply to *ALL* Epson printers? > I just purchased a brand new Stylus Photo 1280, and > am REALLY pleased with the results (after fighting with > Winblows to get my color balances correct.....)
I think that the availability of the Canon printers has made a serious indent into Epson's near exclusive market of good photo-quality printers. I think a number of factors contribute to this: print speed, print quality, longer-duration inks, individual ink cartridges, etc. A factor for some people are the individual ink cartridges which allow you to replace only the colors you are using. Another important factor is the lack of "chipped" ink cartridges which dedicate you to Epson, and make it difficult to use a continuous flow system or try different inks. Paul Stenquist wrote: > The Epson 1280 is a great printer. I've spoken to a dozen pro > photographer reps in the past few weeks and asked them how the > photographer's portfolios were printed. Eleven out of twelve were > printed on one or the other of the 1200 series Epson printers (quite a > few on the early 1200). The other was wet prints. The ink jets were, in > many cases, stunning. There is no doubt about that -- I've also seen good prints from the 1270/1280. Perhaps I was a bit ambiguous -- I don't think that the Canon is necessarily a better printer, but it is a realistic alternative to the Epson. It seems to me that Epson has been sitting on its current crop of printers for quite some time and not improving them. For example, all the problems with the 3000 series printer which they never did anything about. The high cost/age of the 2000 printer. Hopefully, with a larger company which is producing some products that are "intruding" into Epson's market, Epson will have to push to make things excellent across the board. Previously, without viable alternatives, you pretty much had to take what they gave you. Bolo -- Josef T. Burger - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
