🚀 go-pugleaf

If it is any help, the image lab I use has a fuji frontier for enlargemnts
to 12x8, then for anything else, a Nikon Scanner outputting throughteh PC to
an EPSON 2100.  Very nice indeed.

I've been using an Epson Photo 890 now for 18 months and am very happy with
the results indeed.  I have prints on my wall (behind glass of course) that
have been hanging for over 12 months now - I can't see any colour shift.
Also used it to produce custom 8x12 prints for a photo exhibition.

I can't plug Epson highly enough!!!

"M i c C u l l e n" <nospam@cross.com.au> wrote in message
news:i7uavv8c1l99999i4ca9f897bul3sfceb8@4ax.com...
> A supposed *friend* sent me a link earlier today, which showed the Canon
> S9000 being run out for just AU$593 including shipping. (REAL friends
> don't tempt you to spend money like this, do they? :-)
>
> Given that the Epson 2100 (2200 for the US) is about AU$1700 and the
> newer Canon i9100 is AU$1076.51, that price is pretty tempting. (A 2100
> went secondhand for $1300 a month or so ago here in Perth.)
>
> I simply cannot afford the 2100 (much as I'd like one, but I've spent
> too much on glass and flashes and ... well, you get the idea) and I
> can't see any benefit in the i9100 over the S9000. (Am I wrong?)
>
> I don't care about the speed particularly, although it's a nice thing,
> and I'm not chasing archival prints particularly. (A mate has the 2100,
> (we've both got calibrated screens), so if I NEED it, I've got the
> capability nearby, and I've got a Lexmark Optra R+ workgroup laser and a
> Canon S600 for general printing here, although the new printer would
> probably take over from the 600.)
>
> I'm shooting with a Canon 10D (6MP) with some nice lenses, and I'm
> printing for myself and friends - no clients to worry about.
>
> I guess the thing I'm worried about is buying 'old' technology, although
> I've read in a couple of places that the S900 and the i9100 share the
> same printhead anyway, so that's that worry taken care of.
>
> I have googled this to death (both web and newsgroups) and, not
> surprisingly, found nothing definitive :-)
>
> I did see a few people complaining that the S9000 was colour-shifting
> after just 2-3 months no matter what they did to prevent it, which
> didn't thrill me, although it didn't say what paper/ink combination was
> used. While I'm not too worried about photos lasting 70 years (nobody
> would care, I'm not AA) I'd like them to last a bit longer than 60 days.
>
> A lot of other people, however, are saying lots of good things about the
> S9000.
>
> I'm also planning on using third-party inks, although a CIS is probably
> going a bit far for my intended usage, so it'd just be a 'fill the
> cartridges' thing.
>
> Would be a lot easier if it was either completely brilliant or
> completely crappy :-)
>
> Your opinions please.
> --
>
> cheers, Mic     (Reply address works...)
>
> "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to
reform."
>             -- Mark Twain
>