FW: EPSON 860 & $50.00 rebate coupon from Epson

In case any of you manage to pickup an Epson 860 between 9/17/00 and
12/31/00 you DEFINITELY want to print this & send it out! hey $50.00 is a
lot of photo's
http://www.epson.com/rebates/860_coupon.html

enjoy
andy schmitt
-----Original Message-----
From: pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com]On Behalf Of Thomas Harvey
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 10:53 PM
To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Re: digital giclee

>>Hi Tina
>>
>>What do you mean by digital giclee prints? I think
>>someone else asked about this. You might want to reply
>>on list.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Colin
>
>Hi Colin!
>Giclee is a "fancy" term used to describe photographic inkjet
>prints. They were originally produced on Iris proof printers which
>cost $20,000.0 plus. Over the past few years Epson has come out with
>a number of printers capable of making real photo quality prints on
>a wide variety of artist papers such as watercolour. The problem
>with Epson is that their inks are not very archival at all. However
>many third party companies producing archival ink for both colour
>and black and white work soon appeared, and people started filling
>their own cartridges with the archival ink. The printers range from
>desktop 8 1/2 x 11 in size up to the epson 9000 which can produce
>prints about 40" wide and any length. The latest wrinkle is that the
>newest epson printers have a digital chip in the cartridge to
>prevent third party non epson ink cartridges from being used. No one
>is happy about this, and it remains to be seen if Yankee ingenuity
>can get around it!

It looks like Brit ingenuity might do the trick! See:

http://www.alogic.co.uk/ILRS.htm

>The reviews of epson's latest effort to produce an archival
>ink/paper combination are mixed. It also gets quite expensive if one
>cannot refill or use a continuous bulk ink system feed.

Continuous flow systems are now available for a wide range of Epson
printers and are quite affordable ($60-125). Archival color and
quadtone inks are also available. I just got a continuous flow
system with four 4-ounce ink bottles -- an incredible amount of ink
compared to Epsons cartridges. The 16 ounces of ink cost $58. I
cannot imagine how many Epson cartridges I would go through to equal
that.

I was able to get a new Epson 860 printer for $80 (www.outpost.com).
Small format (8.5x11"), but the price was right. (The 1160 13x19"
printer is now $299.) Continuous flow quadtone system with ink was
$120. Both the 860 and 1160 were highly recommended for B&W work.
For color, six-tone printers seem to be the preferred route.

I got my CFS from http://www.inksupply.com/.

Other options are:

  http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/

http://www.inkjetmall.com/

Lots of good inf at each site.

Tom

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