Warren Tucker
MGF, Master Grumble Framer
I noticed that PMSI is going to be exhibiting at the Atlanta Show. They're fairly big players in street pricing digital equipment and wide format printers. PMSI's presence this year is an indication that they consider that digital printing is a natural extension of what we framers do. I've always thoutght that, and for the last 7 years we've been heavily invested in digital imaging and wide format printing. We've had Epson 10000, 9600,7600,9800,7800 printers and have seen the Epson inks evlove from dyes to archival inks. We currently have an Epson 9800 and 7800 and a Canon iPF9000.
Toni and I are going to be in Atlanta Friday and Saturday if anyone is interested in talking to me about digital imaging and wide format printing - art reproduction; we'll be at the Embassy Suits in Buckhead. Just leave a message for me and a place to meet at the show.
For anyone thinking about buying a large format printer, I'd strongly recommend one of the HP "Z" printers. They're are almost a natural for someone wanting to break into art printing. The built in Eye One spectrophotometer makes calibrating the printer easy, something not so easy with Epson and Canon printers. New generations of the big three, Epson, HP, and Canon, will all have built in calibration, but that will be the next Epson series, not the current ones. Canon has introduced a line of printers with built in calibration capabilities. The New Cannon and HP printers are 12 ink printers, a far cry from 4 color process printing and are capable, as are the Epsons (8 inks), of stunning archival reproductions.
But the printers are only part the story. Between printing a stunning reproduction and the original are two more considerations:image capture and color correction. We've been working on these issues since the beginning and have bit of experience with the problems and solutions. The solutions are not easy.
Toni and I are going to be in Atlanta Friday and Saturday if anyone is interested in talking to me about digital imaging and wide format printing - art reproduction; we'll be at the Embassy Suits in Buckhead. Just leave a message for me and a place to meet at the show.
For anyone thinking about buying a large format printer, I'd strongly recommend one of the HP "Z" printers. They're are almost a natural for someone wanting to break into art printing. The built in Eye One spectrophotometer makes calibrating the printer easy, something not so easy with Epson and Canon printers. New generations of the big three, Epson, HP, and Canon, will all have built in calibration, but that will be the next Epson series, not the current ones. Canon has introduced a line of printers with built in calibration capabilities. The New Cannon and HP printers are 12 ink printers, a far cry from 4 color process printing and are capable, as are the Epsons (8 inks), of stunning archival reproductions.
But the printers are only part the story. Between printing a stunning reproduction and the original are two more considerations:image capture and color correction. We've been working on these issues since the beginning and have bit of experience with the problems and solutions. The solutions are not easy.
