Thanks for the replies. If I buy an inkjet I will need to buy 2 inkjets, and part of my problem is space. I really don't have the space to have 2 lots of inksets, papers, printers etc. in the room. Plus I already have a laser printer which I use for text, and an old Epson inkjet which needs throwing away. So I would have 3 printers in a room that's too small anyway.
The reason I will need 2 is that I want to be able to print black & white as well as colour, and it seems to be considered best to use separate inkjets for this to avoid cross-contamination of inks. I don't think this applies to dye-subs because of the nature of the method. Also, if I buy 2 inkjets (which I really don't want to do) they may be different, because I will want to look at the entire end-to-end process for B&W and colour, so that I have a colour-managed workflow from start to finish with each component properly profiled. The starting point would likely be a combination of paper & inks that produce the types of thing I want. I think I would work backwards from there to the printers that best support those combinations. I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has experience using dye-sub printers, and who can let me know what the day-to-day issues are with them. I know that the Epson I already have, which I haven't used for years, was very prone to blocked nozzles, didn't like to be left unused for what I consider short periods of time, drank too much ink, and in uneven amounts so I had to throw away cartridges which still had ink in some reservoirs, etc. etc. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Adam Maas > Sent: 02 July 2006 17:05 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pros and cons of dye-sub and inkjet printers > > Butch Black wrote: > > >Bob W wrote > > > >A4 dye-sub printers seem to be at a reasonably affordable price point > >nowadays, compared to when I last bought a photo printer. > What are the > >pros and cons of each type of printer? I am not particularly > >interested in buying a printer that does larger than A4 since I only > >rarely need a larger print. > > > >In particular, are there any special requirements for colour > >management with dye-sub printers that are not relevant for inkjet > >photo printers, and vice versa? > > > > Technically a dye sub is a continuous tone print, but with > today's photo > >ink jet printers you won't notice the difference. The down > side to dye sub > >is that they often don't do good deep blacks, their media > cost is higher and > >paper surfaces are limited, and you are locked into that > manufacturer's > >media offerings. They may or may not have good profiles. I > would go with a > >good photo ink jet printer using pigmented inks that has > good support for > >profiles. > > > >Butch > > > > > > > > > > > Not to mention they're extremely expensive printers compared > to inkjet. > The Epson R220 is probably the best price/performance match for A4 > inkjets and it's well under $100USD with the usual rebates. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
