LexJet sells all across the USA and to Latin America as well. Dr Hellmuth has visited their national headquarters twice. This way they are not going to push just one brand because they offer all three. Since FLAAR itself does not sell printers, for you to find out information on prices and availability of each model, we suggest you contact a company that offers all three brands: Canon, HP, and Epson. Each brand has its good points and a few deficiencies. FLAAR is keeping track by visiting printshops that have these various brands. It is hard to keep track of the new models. Jaggies of alphanumeric symbols which requires a RIP).Įvery two years there is either a new Canon iPF printer or a new Epson or a new HP water-based printer. Or unless you print text (which requires PostScript to remove the Of color management such as linearization or ICC color profiles, Epson makes outstanding printerĭrivers so you don't need a RIP unless you desire advanced features Than the printer itself won't phase most eager buyers since they HP offer a comparable printer of this print quality, with pigmented Neither Kodak, Encad, Lexmark, Canon, nor
Metamerism had been a serious problem with almostĪll piezo printers before summer 2002. Was an entrenched problem with almost all piezo printers of previousĮpson 76 have worked hard to eliminate or minimize metamerismĬolor defects. Printers by the truckload because the designers of these printers have listenedĬarefully to what end users asked to have improved over the older 7000 andĮpson 76 can dial out banding. Of eager artists and photographers won't care. Respect over the 7500 other than slowness, ink usage and ink costs. So far everything we have heard about the 7600 suggests it is better in every Now has an Epson 7600 in addition to two 7500s, one at each university). Papers has endeared this name brand to artists across America and The ability of all Epson printers to accept the thick water color Only printer company in the world who offers a 24" wide formatĮpson 7600 will also be used to produce giclée prints byĪrtists and photographers who are just starting into this business. Has decided to overwhelm Encad, Kodak, Canon,Īnd Hewlett-Packard in the market consisting of hobby photographers, pro-sumers, and The features that overcome the majority of problems which were legendary Has cleverly designed the Epson Stylus Pro 76 with precisely Their telephone is Hellmuth and John Lorusso testing the Epson 9600. If you are looking for a place that is not a box-pusher (meaning you want a place that provides service after the sale), then one place we know for many years is Parrot Digigraphic. The current state of the art CAD printer would be the new HP Designjet 4500. All the architects at the university are in the same building as we are, so we know what printers architects tend to use.
These results are in the FLAAR report on the HP 130, available from the photo series from Epson printers are great for giclee and for photographs, but when we print our architectural drawings, what brand of printer do we use? This is why we have a staff at our university to test the printers. If I was about to spend several thousand dollars buying a printer to print text and lines, I would want to get my hands on this university lab result BEFORE I maybe bought the wrong printer. The results we have for the HP 30, 130, compared with the Epson 7600. Our university lab has analyzed the problems of piezo printheads when they try to print letters and lines, and compared the Epson piezo output with that of thermal printheads. If you are curious about giclee, check out our The question is why would an architect or technical drawer really want a piezo printer when thermal printheads do letters, text, and lines more smoothly? I would also ask this question of the new Mutoh DrafStation RJ-900 and RJ-901. So Epson Europe has not enough giclee customers to match sales records in the US thus Epson Europe has to attempt to reach other markets. But giclee is not yet alive in Latin America, Asia, or Europe.
This is because giclee is not a major industry in Europe giclee is still a growing million-dollar bonanza across the USA.
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