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Re: 2200 vs. 2400

2005-12-08 by scott_now_coming

"no need for Qimage ..."

Are you serious?

QImage is THE printing program to use, no matter what printer you are 
using.

IMHO,

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Keenan 
<ausdlk@s...> wrote:
>
> My year old Epson 2200 decided that it forgot how to feed paper 
reliably over the past couple of days.
> 
> Fortunately I bought the printer at CompUSA with a 2 year 
replacement warranty. CompUSA gave 100% of my original purchase price 
toward any other printer -- the R2400 was the obvious choice.
> 
> Man, what good fortune! I've read that it's a toss-up whether 2200 
owners should upgrade to a 2400.
> 
> That's baloney.
> 
> If you can afford it, ditch the 2200 in favor for a 2400 
immediately.
> 
> The 2400 is SUCH a better printer. Being able to print quality 
black & white directly from Photoshop is such a huge time saver -- no 
need for Qimage or QTRGui anymore. Less software between what I see 
on the screen and what appears on paper is nothing but a good thing 
in my book. My workflow has been enormously simplified overnight.
> 
> Not to mention that the prints come much, much faster and the noise 
level during printing is no comparison more quiet. And the darn thing 
just looks good.
> 
> Not doubt I have much to learn (and unlearn) to maximize the 
results I get from the R2400 but my out-of-the-box experience has 
made me completely forget my former printer.
> 
> Dave.
> -- 
> David Keenan, ausdlk@s... on 12/7/2005
>

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