I thought that said SG "one" when I first saw it, and I was like: "what! how am I supposed to learn about Origin now? at least we have Atlantis"
good thing it's just SGI and not SG1
Hey, someone else is beating my dead horse! Always gets me how none of the "reviews" ever deal with the issue that the majority of inkjet printers except the pigmented Epson ones are going to give you prints that will fade and turn orange in a matter of MONTHS some times.
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Just finished testing out to see how many prints the picturemate really gives you from a cartridge.
I was testing with a compatible ink cartridge, I ran the ink through our i1 profiler and so far as I can tell, it's the exact same ink as Epson puts into the PictureMate cartridges. At any rate, you get the exact same yield from a 3rd party cartridge because it's the "level" in the chips which is dependent on the printer, not the actual level of the cartridge, that determines how full a cartridge is.
For paper, I used our own Micro Ceramic Luster - primarily because I like the luster finish better than the gloss that Epson includes with their cartridges (and the Profile which really makes the prints look good).
The paper was $11.90 for 100 sheets of 4x6 and the cartridge was $10.39 (these are retail prices, not the employee discount price).
Here's what we got out of the printer before it forced us to change cartridges:
173 4x6 prints (all but 15 or so were the full 4x6 borderless)
4 cleaning cycles
about 10 nozzle checks
We'll just take the cleanings and nozzle checks as a part of normal use. The 183 sheets of paper cost a total of $21.77 and the cartridge was $10.39 for a total of $32.16 for 173 prints. That averages out to $0.185 for each print. So you're paying 2 1/2 cents more than Costco (usually $0.16 a print including tax) and you don't have to drive anywhere. My wife even took the printer with her to a party and printed pictures while it was still going on!
So once again, we got an average of 18 and a half cents a print. If I purchased the paper in the 500 pack, it would be $20.49 for the paper giving us $0.178 a print.
Agreed. That's the first thing I thought when I read the headline. It's sort of like how we don't like the icky nasty river overflowing and messing up our farms that we decided to make right next to the river because the best soil is there due to the ovious fact that the river overflows and deposits nice rich silt there. So we build Dams (Aswan on the nile) or levees (lower Misissippi) and everything is hunky dory until the river delta starts to go away. In the case of New Orleans it caused the city ro sink, the delta to disappear and ultimately removed its only defense (I just read a interesting piece from 2002 about what's going to happen in a few years if it doesn't get fixed - surprise it happened just like they predicted).
Anyway, rather than messing up the normal cycle why not get out of nature's way and let it do its thing. That means dealing with the normal flooding , fires, hurricanes, tornados and other disasters. This stuff isn't new folks! Hurricanes aren't a new development that suddenly appeared because of global warming or sunspots or migrating birds. It's a natural process and a way for the atmosphere to expend energy.
Oddly enough it reminds me of parents who want their precious little darling to have everything they didn't have when growing up so the kid never learns anything. "do not deny your children the experiences that made you who you are" - spoken by a very wise person.
Actually the droplet size doesn't affect resolution, it affects the smoothness of the image. If a printer has large droplets you will see them at a normal viewing distance in the highlights. With small droplets you can't see the dots unless you look real close.
Another thing this completely missed and everyone extolling the virtues of DyeSub has no clue about is: how long the prints last. Even the prints from a 1 hour photo will fade in a shoebox after 40 years, most dye-sub prints don't even last 8.
Read http://www.wilhelm-research.com/4x6/4x6.html
(the Epson R800 uses the same inkset as the picturemate)
I actually have a similar issue as the root poster and found this solution myself. I hook my laptop up to my DV camers, turn it on and it stays on becuase the firewire is hooked up. Normally it turns off after 15 minutes but I tested it on Friday and captured 3 1/2 hours before the camcorder batter strted running down. This is perfect for long events. On a side note My laptop's HD is 60GB of which 40 are free (I cleared it out for this test) Just for fun, I setup Vegas' capture to use my 40GB USB drive (it's the drive that came in my laptop, only 4200RPM - in a little enclosure it's powerd off the USB) and it worked perfectly, not a dropped frame. Provided your batteried last long enough or you have a power port this should be able to go for 8 or more hours, just get more HD space. Sony Vegas (which is what I was using) can add a dozen or more drives and use them in sequence as they fill up. You can get a bunch of laptop crives and enclosures if you want to use the host battery - or 3.5" enclosures and regular 250-300GB drives if you're doing it with AC.
My brother does wedding photos http://www.bairphoto.com/ and gives the "digital negatives" to the people - he just charges for time. He sent me this link yesterday, he said now he knows why more and more of his clients are asking for print release forms. He is starting to include a stack with the CD when he gives it to people.
Or you could always "save" your pictures by printing them (and they will fade in <20 years unless you're using an archival printer). Check out http://www.wilhelm-research.com/ for more info on that.
I was really looking forward to watching this. I've watched them every year (both the San Francisco and Boston/New York/cancelled ones) since apple started streaming them - I think it was in 1999 or 2000. At least it appears we will be able to watch it a short time after it finishes.
Maybe it's all related to the snafu that occured when the G5's specs were posted a few days early for a few minutes. It sort-of let the cat out of the bag, even Steve referenced the leak in his keynote address. Shortly after it happened people noticed a job posting on the net for a Apple webmaster job opening. So, they're nixing the live webcast and broadcasting it later because they need more time to put the new products up on their web page. Yeah, that's it.
you want substance? I'll give you substance: http://www.wilhelm-research.com/4x6/4x6_permanence _preview.html
This is a report done by the Wilhelm Imaging Research labs. All they do is test stuff to see how long it will last. You're not going to find "and it's still good enough to print grnadma's album" - you'll find a real scientific analysis.
Enjoy the substance.
Well, I don't know about the economy of some of the other "personal photo lab" printers, but the epson picturemate's prints cost a maximum of $.29 each and often less. You arrive at this figure because the ink and paper for 100 prints comes together as a $29 bundle and Epson will refund you a portion of the price if you don't get the full 100 prints out of the cartridge. I have one and I generally get 130-150 prints out of each cartridge (necessitating buying some extra paper) so the price is even lower.
The one aspect of Epson's marketing campaign for the PictureMate I like the best is how you don't have to run down to the corner photo lab. They also mention that you don't have "strangers looking at your pictures" which always elicits a laugh when I showed that line to people "what kind of pictures are these people printing!!?" was the normal response.
According to Wilhelm Research most traditional photos will last 19 years (#5) but check out how long the prints on the Epson PictureMate last - this is the "female" printer talked about on Slashdot last year.
You also have the option of using REAL GOLD archival CD-R discs, most tests of the MAM-A discs (formerly called Mitsui) will last over 150 years, I doubt you'll even have a functional CD drive at that point!
This printer was shown at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) show in Las Vegas back in January. The printer is being targeted to scrapbookers - there's the female side of it. Epson had a display up with a bunch of monitors and women on the screens talking about scrapbooking. Pictures and more here (scroll down about one page).
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dang it, that was my comment - it's a perfect solution to the rising sea levels associated with global warming.
I thought that said SG "one" when I first saw it, and I was like: "what! how am I supposed to learn about Origin now? at least we have Atlantis" good thing it's just SGI and not SG1
considering that they're already selling the chips
Hey, someone else is beating my dead horse! Always gets me how none of the "reviews" ever deal with the issue that the majority of inkjet printers except the pigmented Epson ones are going to give you prints that will fade and turn orange in a matter of MONTHS some times.
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I was testing with a compatible ink cartridge, I ran the ink through our i1 profiler and so far as I can tell, it's the exact same ink as Epson puts into the PictureMate cartridges. At any rate, you get the exact same yield from a 3rd party cartridge because it's the "level" in the chips which is dependent on the printer, not the actual level of the cartridge, that determines how full a cartridge is.
For paper, I used our own Micro Ceramic Luster - primarily because I like the luster finish better than the gloss that Epson includes with their cartridges (and the Profile which really makes the prints look good).
The paper was $11.90 for 100 sheets of 4x6 and the cartridge was $10.39 (these are retail prices, not the employee discount price).
Here's what we got out of the printer before it forced us to change cartridges:
4 cleaning cycles
about 10 nozzle checks
We'll just take the cleanings and nozzle checks as a part of normal use. The 183 sheets of paper cost a total of $21.77 and the cartridge was $10.39 for a total of $32.16 for 173 prints. That averages out to $0.185 for each print. So you're paying 2 1/2 cents more than Costco (usually $0.16 a print including tax) and you don't have to drive anywhere. My wife even took the printer with her to a party and printed pictures while it was still going on!
So once again, we got an average of 18 and a half cents a print. If I purchased the paper in the 500 pack, it would be $20.49 for the paper giving us $0.178 a print.
step 1: post link on Slashdot
step 2: change address to porn site
step 3: profit!
I knew someone would finally discover the second step.
Agreed. That's the first thing I thought when I read the headline. It's sort of like how we don't like the icky nasty river overflowing and messing up our farms that we decided to make right next to the river because the best soil is there due to the ovious fact that the river overflows and deposits nice rich silt there. So we build Dams (Aswan on the nile) or levees (lower Misissippi) and everything is hunky dory until the river delta starts to go away. In the case of New Orleans it caused the city ro sink, the delta to disappear and ultimately removed its only defense (I just read a interesting piece from 2002 about what's going to happen in a few years if it doesn't get fixed - surprise it happened just like they predicted). Anyway, rather than messing up the normal cycle why not get out of nature's way and let it do its thing. That means dealing with the normal flooding , fires, hurricanes, tornados and other disasters. This stuff isn't new folks! Hurricanes aren't a new development that suddenly appeared because of global warming or sunspots or migrating birds. It's a natural process and a way for the atmosphere to expend energy. Oddly enough it reminds me of parents who want their precious little darling to have everything they didn't have when growing up so the kid never learns anything. "do not deny your children the experiences that made you who you are" - spoken by a very wise person.
Actually the droplet size doesn't affect resolution, it affects the smoothness of the image. If a printer has large droplets you will see them at a normal viewing distance in the highlights. With small droplets you can't see the dots unless you look real close. Another thing this completely missed and everyone extolling the virtues of DyeSub has no clue about is: how long the prints last. Even the prints from a 1 hour photo will fade in a shoebox after 40 years, most dye-sub prints don't even last 8. Read http://www.wilhelm-research.com/4x6/4x6.html (the Epson R800 uses the same inkset as the picturemate)
I actually have a similar issue as the root poster and found this solution myself. I hook my laptop up to my DV camers, turn it on and it stays on becuase the firewire is hooked up. Normally it turns off after 15 minutes but I tested it on Friday and captured 3 1/2 hours before the camcorder batter strted running down. This is perfect for long events. On a side note My laptop's HD is 60GB of which 40 are free (I cleared it out for this test) Just for fun, I setup Vegas' capture to use my 40GB USB drive (it's the drive that came in my laptop, only 4200RPM - in a little enclosure it's powerd off the USB) and it worked perfectly, not a dropped frame. Provided your batteried last long enough or you have a power port this should be able to go for 8 or more hours, just get more HD space. Sony Vegas (which is what I was using) can add a dozen or more drives and use them in sequence as they fill up. You can get a bunch of laptop crives and enclosures if you want to use the host battery - or 3.5" enclosures and regular 250-300GB drives if you're doing it with AC.
My brother does wedding photos http://www.bairphoto.com/ and gives the "digital negatives" to the people - he just charges for time. He sent me this link yesterday, he said now he knows why more and more of his clients are asking for print release forms. He is starting to include a stack with the CD when he gives it to people.
Shameless plug: http://www.inkjetart.com/mitsui/index.html
If you buy them in 100's, they're $1.09 each.
Or you could always "save" your pictures by printing them (and they will fade in <20 years unless you're using an archival printer). Check out http://www.wilhelm-research.com/ for more info on that.
I was really looking forward to watching this. I've watched them every year (both the San Francisco and Boston/New York/cancelled ones) since apple started streaming them - I think it was in 1999 or 2000. At least it appears we will be able to watch it a short time after it finishes. Maybe it's all related to the snafu that occured when the G5's specs were posted a few days early for a few minutes. It sort-of let the cat out of the bag, even Steve referenced the leak in his keynote address. Shortly after it happened people noticed a job posting on the net for a Apple webmaster job opening. So, they're nixing the live webcast and broadcasting it later because they need more time to put the new products up on their web page. Yeah, that's it.
you want substance? I'll give you substance: http://www.wilhelm-research.com/4x6/4x6_permanence _preview.html
This is a report done by the Wilhelm Imaging Research labs. All they do is test stuff to see how long it will last. You're not going to find "and it's still good enough to print grnadma's album" - you'll find a real scientific analysis.
Enjoy the substance.
Well, I don't know about the economy of some of the other "personal photo lab" printers, but the epson picturemate's prints cost a maximum of $.29 each and often less. You arrive at this figure because the ink and paper for 100 prints comes together as a $29 bundle and Epson will refund you a portion of the price if you don't get the full 100 prints out of the cartridge. I have one and I generally get 130-150 prints out of each cartridge (necessitating buying some extra paper) so the price is even lower.
The one aspect of Epson's marketing campaign for the PictureMate I like the best is how you don't have to run down to the corner photo lab. They also mention that you don't have "strangers looking at your pictures" which always elicits a laugh when I showed that line to people "what kind of pictures are these people printing!!?" was the normal response.
According to Wilhelm Research most traditional photos will last 19 years (#5) but check out how long the prints on the Epson PictureMate last - this is the "female" printer talked about on Slashdot last year. You also have the option of using REAL GOLD archival CD-R discs, most tests of the MAM-A discs (formerly called Mitsui) will last over 150 years, I doubt you'll even have a functional CD drive at that point!
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This printer was shown at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) show in Las Vegas back in January. The printer is being targeted to scrapbookers - there's the female side of it. Epson had a display up with a bunch of monitors and women on the screens talking about scrapbooking. Pictures and more here (scroll down about one page).