Re: [APML]: Alps MD-2300 Printer

[Chris Vedeler <cvedeler@bio2.edu>]

I sent away for a sample print from this printer.  I was VERY impressed.  It
looks almost like a photograph even under a 10x lupe.  It IS continuous tone
with great vivid colors. 

At 10x you can see the pixels (but I can see the grain of most of my prints
at 10x), but holding the print like you would a photograph you couldn't tell
it wasn't a photo.  At very close inspection I could see a few places where
banding was apparent and one or two places where one color would appear to
be one pixel displaced where you could see like a yellow line above a black
letter.  This small error doesn't distract from the over all quality of the
image, and would only bug the  most serious perfectionists who should have
their output done at a professional lab anyway.

When I get the money, I'll be buying one...

Chris Vedeler
http://www.isomedia.com/homes/cvedeler/space.htm

At 07:21 PM 1/6/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>Does anyone have any firsthand experience with the Alps printer?
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>The research I have done seems to indicate that this printer is very
>close to a Dye-Sub in its ability to print almost continous tone images.
>
>Any input would be welcome as I think I am going to purchase one soon.
>
>Clear Skies
>
>Jim
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