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Re: [Digital BW] Olympus Printer

2001-10-29 by Cathy Van Berg

Thanks for the info...I did some digging, and couldn't find any new
product from Olympus...only their home-use printers...I also tried to
contact the person who made this claim, but have been unable to, as yet.

Still on the Piezo Bandwagon...
Cathy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Alessandro Pardi
<alessandro.pardi@i...> wrote:
> Cathy,
>  
> I have seen outputs from an Olympus dye-sub (don't remember the
exact name,
> but it was a new model about a year ago), and it was outstanding for
color
> prints, not so for black and white. The salesman at the fair I
visited in
> Milan told me that the dye-sub technology isn't capable of deep
blacks, and
> therefore ir more suitable for colors. The printouts I saw seem to
confirm
> this, but maybe things have changed in the meanwhile (a year is a
loooong
> time in this field...).
>  
> Alessandro Pardi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Van Berg [mailto:vanbergc@y...]
> Sent: venerdì 26 ottobre 2001 18.13
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> Subject: [Digital BW] Olympus Printer
> 
> 
> Has anyone yet had any experience with a new Dye-sub Olympus printer?
> I heard from a friend that he saw some INCREDIBLE prints from this
> new printer, and that the printer is supposed to "blow away" Epson
> technology.  The person using this technology does this printing for a
> living and keeps abreast of all the new technology (because companies
> keep sending him products to try out...).  I am wary of the dye-sub
> technology, but I've got to do some searching and find out what this
> is all about...
> 
> If anyone hears anything...let us all know...
> Cathy
> 
> 
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