Hi Ernst, I can relate. I had to scrap my screen 737 about ten years ago--heartbreaking really. And I would go so far as to say the operator matters more than the scanner as long as it's a decent machine. I had the good fortune of learning from a dot etcher and it turned out to be a fabulous way to approach scanning and color. Perfect logic is meaningless without perfect perspective. Daniel Westcott daniel@westcott.us <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ernst Dinkla <info@pigment-print.com> </div><div>Date:09/04/2014 1:51 AM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: Martin Orpen <martin@idea-digital.com> </div><div>Cc: colorsync-users@lists.apple.com </div><div>Subject: Re: Epson 10000XL scanner and i1 profiler </div><div> </div>Martin, The scanner tinkering was done before 2005. I sold some wet mount Nikon holders before they even were patented in the US by Grecco. I'm still curious whether he got the idea himself or did read my messages on the subject. For the limited scan work I do, customers and private work, the work done then still pays off. I have seen a steady decline in scan work, not only in my shop but in drum scanner shops too, since 2000. Hence the flow of secondhand drum scanners here in Europe and mainly big ones like the Heidelberg Linos, Screen, etc. I have a customer for printing that has an Aztek but he has his films scanned in Amsterdam, to keep that scanner up to date and in condition was more work/money than he expected. Considering a V700 now. In Amsterdam they were interested in his scanner for repair parts. I'm glad I did not go that route. One day the Nikon 8000 will fail, the V700 might go too. The last could be replaced. I'm looking forward to do more work with the high resolution cameras of tomorrow. 66 now so I shouldn't look back too much, not even for good but old technology. Two drum scanner manufacturers left in the world as far as I know and maybe a handfull drum scanner shops here in the Netherlands. I have seen better drum scans than I can make and I have seen worse drum scans, the operator counts too. Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm April 2014, 600+ inkjet media white spectral plots. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst Dinkla Grafische Techniek Quad, piëzografie, giclée www.pigment-print.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Colorsync-users mailing list (Colorsync-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/colorsync-users/daniel%40westcott.us This email sent to daniel@westcott.us