Digital BW, The Print

Ton:

I bought a Minolta Dual Scan II for around $280, an Espon 1280 for
around $370 (after $100 rebate) got Photoshop LE free with the scanner
and Photoshop Elements free with the printer, (all from B&H) spent $11
for a package of Epson heavyweight matte paper and I was off working.
Now I'm happily scanning and printing, knowing that if I later need to
upgrade hardware, I won't be out too much original investment. Most
important I ended up with prints that I was not embarassed about in a
matter of a few nights. Most of that was installing hardware and
software. My first print was satisfactory. 

It took a lot of research to conclude that I was going to be happy
with this low budget approach as I was prepared to spend much more. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Ton Guiking" <guiking@x>
wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: Bob_Michaels [mailto:Bob@B...] 
> > Verzonden: dinsdag 12 november 2002 13:18
> > Aan: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> > Onderwerp: Re: [Digital BW] scanners
> > 
> > 
> >(...)
> 
> > My personal objective when I got into this a few weeks ago 
> > was to generate reasonable looking b&w prints with the 
> > shortest learning curve so I wouldn't get frustrated and lose 
> > interest. Then I would have some basis to improve on. Budget 
> > was not the primary consideration, but I only ended up 
> > spending about $650 (scanner, printer, software, paper).
> > 
> And now the next question is of course: what did you buy (and why)?
> Really interesting to know!!
> Best,
> Ton Guiking