Digital BW, The Print

Hello Sebastian;

I don't believe anything would change in terms of profiles/printing 
approaches, etc., though Paul might have a better handle on that. 
And honestly, I'm not sure how to advise you on the model, I'm just 
trying to get feedback and/or coroborating testimonials at this 
point. I'd say if the price is the same, get the R300, at least 
you'll get a nice built-in card reader & extra USB port with it, if 
its the same as the US model.

Steven Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bastian7201" 
<sebastian.alcano@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Steven,
> 
> After getting a D70s I was about ready to buy an r220.  Now, after
> seeeng your message I am unsure about it.  Would you then 
recommend to
> skip the 220 and get the 300?  I think I can get the r300 for a 
good
> price here in germany, in fact for about the same price of the 
220. 
> As I planned to follow Paul Roarks/Inksupply.com instructions for 
B&W
> printing with the 220, do they still work with the r300 or will I 
need
> to set up things differently?
> 
> I would appreciat very much anny comments.
> 
> Sebastian
> 
> PS: first post here and new to B&W printing...
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
> Karafyllakis" <stevekphoto@> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings to all from the land of Ouzo
> > 
> > At this point I've owned 2 each of the above printers: an R200, 
> > R220, and an R300 & R340. I had initially assumed when I went 
from 
> > the R300 to the R200 that since the mechanics were the same, the 
> > print quality would also be as good. I was dissapointed: the 
R300 
> > was flawless, the R200 banded right out of the box, and no 
amount of 
> > cleaning/alignment fixed it. I eventually ran it into the ground 
> > doing color proofs, and replaced it with a new R220. It was even 
> > worse, exhibiting a cyan registration problem so severe that it 
is 
> > useless even for color proofing. It will go back to Epson, with 
a 
> > hail of curses. Needing a color proofer in a hurry, I bought an 
R340 
> > on July 4th sale for $130, not too painfull. It printed 
beautifully, 
> > almost perfect on all channels, excellent BO, and good enough to 
> > separate out 4-5 channels for making banding free internegatives.
> > 
> > So: is this luck of the draw, or am I seeing a pattern? The R300 
> > series printers seem to be made in Phillipines (at least mine 
were) 
> > but the R200 printers were made in China. My suspicion is the QC 
> > and/or manufacturing standards of the Chinese printers is not 
equal 
> > to the Phillipine ones.  
> > 
> > Does anyone have any experiences to relate here? Any opinions?
> > 
> > Steven Karafyllakis
> > 
> > On dial-up from Greece-I miss my DSL!
> >
>