Hi, i own a Olympus C-3030Z and the shots are stunning, but now i need a printer with the best print quality, i don't need big prints, just normal sized, but i'm not sure what printer to buy, if a dye sub or a Ink Jet, if i'll buy a Ink Jet i think it will be a Epson Stylus Photo 875, but i dont know which is a good dye sub printer, and if dye sub has better overall image quality than Ink Jets. can anyone help me?

-- Alfredo Salinas (vatoloco@gob.com.mx), June 14, 2000

Answers

Can't help you with the comparison but I have an 870 and like it very much. If you go that route check Epson's on line prices for paper and cartridges. The prices are seem comparable and they don't charge shipping. (If you don't need big prints why are you buying an 875?)

-- bill (this_old_house@pobox.com), June 16, 2000.

Epson Stylus Photo 875DC is not bigger than 870, i'm choosing that one because it has direct flash memory reader, and i like that feature because i think that a photo is printed in a better way if it is printed directly from the smartmedia, instead of using a computer.

I've seen Epson Stylus Photo 750, and it's resolution is great, but i can see a blocky image, i don't know what's happening in that case, i hope epson 875 or 1270 don't have that problem.

-- Alfredo Salinas (vatoloco@gob.com.mx), June 16, 2000.

I have NEC Superscript 3000 which is the dye sub printer and Epson 3000. At best the NEC output on photo paper looks better than Epson on glossy photo paper but the comsumables (paper and ribbon) of the dye sub are so expensive. I now only use Epson and the output is quite impressive once you get use to the fine tune settings.

-- Tanasit Siriluck (tanasit@flashcom.net), June 18, 2000.

I use the Alps 5000. Smaller images will come out near 2400 dpi. The ink will not smear when wet and archival aging tests show the pictures to stay clear and crips for years. If you want to remove the dots they have a die sublimation upgrade. Personally though, I can tell that much difference if your photos are high resolution to begin with. The vphoto print paper is by far superior to all other papers on teh market. The printer uses as many as 7 ribbons and is a micro dry technology. Currently selling under $400 on the internet.

-- TOny Hall (Thebtls@aol.com), June 23, 2000.