Re: Epson 7000 questions
Re: Epson 7000 questions
- Subject: Re: Epson 7000 questions
- From: Jan Steinman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:35:54 -0800
From: "Dave King" <email@hidden>
It would appear you have some axe to grind against Epson?
No, it's people who blindly pick the market leader whom I try to
educate -- be it Epson, Microsoft, Adobe, Wacom, et. al.
The original poster said he didn't have the time to do proper
research on other brands, and so was just going to go out and buy an
Epson. Please forgive me for presenting him an alternative, as he had
invited!
Please also forgive that because I've spent hundreds of hours
researching my decision -- visiting reps, getting my own material
test printed, even using demo units -- that I'm a bit emphatic about
my choice. If such enthusiasm makes you feel threatened, that's your
problem. I recognize and respect that others have different needs.
Perhaps the fact
they are making large format ink jet printing accessible to many means
decrease of income for print for pay shops?
I don't care if you like Epson -- why do you cast aspersions and
attribute dark motives to the fact that I do not like Epson?
I sell my own large fine-art photography to arts fair patrons. I also
do complete "shoot through hang" reproductions of large works for
artists, including large-format photography, drum scanning, digital
adjustment, and printing. I specifically turn down business from
people who walk up with a grainy slide and say, "Can you print this
big like yours for me?" :-)
No "print for pay" shop does the whole thing like this, at least in
my locale. The entire "print for pay" business is going to have to
diversify and specialize in order to survive. ("Sign shops" being a
good example.) Anyone with a niche and a brain should make it, no
matter how many 24" printers are sold. The more people who turn out
bad prints, the more business for good printers!
I'll be delighted when Epson finally gets its act together, so I
won't have to spend the first half-hour of my sales pitch explaining
why my prints won't fade or discolor, like "the ones they've heard
about."
And getting back to the list topic: I notice neither of the replies
brought up the joy of profiling the Epson. There's a lot to be said
for factory profiles! Go back through the archives and read the tales
of woe and intrigue. I admit that I haven't looked into the issue in
detail since April, except to note that people on various mailing
lists are still struggling with color-managing Epsons.
(And don't forget to add the price of a good colorimeter and
profiling package when you do your price comparison. :-)
Well, I'm really away this time. I've got seven 48"x72" reproductions
to work on... gotta get those invoices out in time to pay my
Christmas credit-card bills... :-)
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