RE: Christmas cards

2002-11-13 Thread Rob Brigham
I guess you must source your comparison tests outside the entire suite of UK photographic publications then. -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:pnstenquist;comcast.net] Sent: 13 November 2002 01:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Christmas cards Rob Brigham

Re: Christmas cards

2002-11-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've been using an Epson 1200 for about five years. I've experienced clogged heads five times or so, but the problem was always solved with a nozzle cleaning or two. I'm extremely pleased with the performance of this printer. In my line of work I have the opportunity to review the portfolios of

Re: Christmas cards

2002-11-12 Thread Keith Whaley
Dr E D F Williams wrote: Argh! I rank Epson with Microsoft - as far as business ethics goes. The damn thing uses more ink cleaning the jets than it does printing. I can't keep feeding it at 50 Euros a meal. Can't afford to keep this pet alive. Once, a couple of Christmases back, I used

RE: Christmas cards

2002-11-12 Thread Michael Perham
I have been using HP at my office; they have the jets built into the cartridge and are very reliable. However, I have been thinking about a new printer for home which will be used extensively for printing photo's now that I have a film scanner and a digital camera (both acquired recently). I am

RE: Christmas cards

2002-11-12 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess both camps have their pro's and con's. I think I will go with the Epson! Mike. i observed before that at the PhotoPlus Expo in NYC a week ago, anyone who was doing digital output and wasn't a printer vendor was using an Epson. right

Re: Re: Christmas cards

2002-11-12 Thread David Brooks
Canon S800 and 900 are good Dave Begin Original Message From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 07:23:55 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Christmas cards Dr E D F Williams wrote: Argh! I rank Epson with Microsoft - as far as business ethics goes

RE: Christmas cards

2002-11-12 Thread Rob Brigham
- possibly above HP though. -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:HerbChong;compuserve.com] Sent: 12 November 2002 16:19 To: INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Christmas cards Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess both camps have their pro's

RE: Christmas cards

2002-11-12 Thread Doug Franklin
Hi Mike, On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 07:56:23 -0800, Michael Perham wrote: [...] [some Epson inkjet printers] use 6 colours [...] IMHO, no matter what other choices you make, you _do_ want an inkjet that uses six or more colors. In the Epsons, they add light cyan and light magenta to the normal cyan,

Re: Christmas cards

2002-11-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Rob Brigham wrote: Consensus is that Canon has now overtaken Epson in the quality stakes. The comparison tests I've seen seem to indicate otherwise. Unless, perhaps, you're tooking about the quality of the machinery rather than the quality of the output. Paul

RE: Christmas cards

2002-11-11 Thread Amita Guha
I haven't done Xmas cards, but I did the cover of my wedding invitations by applying a filter to a photo in Photoshop to make it look like a painting. It came out great. I know a couple of people who make all their cards at home. You can get great results with a standard inkjet printer and some

Re: Christmas cards

2002-11-11 Thread Jim Apilado
I look for something interesting to use for a Christmas card. The picture for this season's card was taken last May when Kows for Kids was in town. I slapped a Santa cap on the head of a blue face kow and took a close up of it. When I had the card made up on couple of weeks ago I had this

Re: Christmas cards

2002-11-11 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Subject: Re: Christmas cards Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I noticed that Don mentioned taking pictures for a Christmas card. I've been thinking of making some this year. Do other PDMLer do this? If so, any hints or tips? I've done it. Used one of the pre-packages card kits