Digital BW, The Print

Sites like this one (and Photo.net), when they have lots of
participants, seem far more meaningful than reviews, especially Vs
mags like Shutterbug. 

Here are Yahoo's Canon groups

http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=canon+printer. 

I've not visited them. 

I have visited the HP groups and it appears there are hardly any users
as serious as those on this group. 

Canon's probably will be taken serious eventually ... recent
professionally-targeted Rangefinder Magazine ads (typically more
useful than Rangefinder reviews) suggest Canon's serious this time,or
will be if they stick with it.  

The ultimate way to evaluate printers is to risk owning one or to know
somebody well, who uses them intensively...Epsons, even the worst of
them, seem sure things. 

That rebates are a greater concern than consensus is a non-photo
issue. I think the European court decision was ridiculous.




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kurt Kramer"
<k.kramer@...> wrote:
>
> This group seems to be very Epson-centric.  Both the Canon PIXMA
> Pro9500 and the HP B9180 have gotten some good reviews.  (See the
> current Shutterbug magazine for a review of the Canon.)  Are any of
> the subscribers to this group using these new printers?  Or are the
> Epson products just that much better?
> 
> Thanks, Kurt Kramer
> 
> PS: I had a bad experience with a promised Epson rebate and am kind of
> Epson-averse as a result.
>