Digital BW, The Print

Doug,

Interesting. From the picture it would appear to be identical to the 2450 so
the changes must be internal. The price of 52,800 Yen or $422 would indicate
that the price will remain the same. The only technical info I can decipher
is in the "3200 dpi". So I would guess that the 9800 is an upgraded 2450
which is good news and Epson is not abandoning that price/performance niche.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Fisher" <dougfisher@...>
To: "Digital B/W Printing List"
<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 10:10 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] 2450 Replacement Rumors...


> Since this subject was discussed earlier, I thought it might be of
interest
> to the group.
>
> David Littleboy, who I believe lives in Japan, posted this to the MF
> newsgroup list:
>
> "The new Epson GT-9800F scanner appears to be out in Japan: although I
> haven't seen one in a store (since I haven't looked), there's a full page
ad
> in this month's regular photo rags and a review in a new-this-month
monthly
> digital rag. Said new rag has samples on the included CD, but the image
has
> an insanely narrow DOF, so it's hard to see what the scanner's doing and
> what the camera's doing. The test chart image in the article makes it look
> noticeably better than a 2400 dpi Canon flatbed, though."
>
> Here is a link to a Japanese sight with pictures (in Japanese):
>
> http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/scanner/gt9800f/9800f1.htm
>
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>> The price of 52,800 Yen or $422 would indicate that the price will remain
the same. <<

Good catch!  I had overlooked that pricing information.  I hope the relative
pricing holds true for the US, too.

Doug