is p600 still the way to go?

[roos]

I planning to upgrade my canon ip7250. Is still the p600 the way to go or have better alternatives for digital negatives under ~$1000 been released?

 

[Alan9940]

Can't a Canon PRO-1000 make digital negs? Currently, $999 with rebate until the end of this month.

 

[Bob Carnie]

I would go with Epson for digital negatives

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Me too.

 

[nmp]

Me too.

But not the p400. Learned the hard way.

 

[Bob Carnie]

I am looking at the P600 series for under $1000 , looks pretty good to me and I think it can handle QTR and Richard Boutwells system

 

[faberryman]

It's a bit more expensive at the outset, but the price per ml of ink is quite a bit cheaper for the P800. What you save on ink will pay for the difference in price over time. And of course you can print larger.

 

[Bob Carnie]

It's a bit more expensive at the outset, but the price per ml of ink is quite a bit cheaper for the P800. What you save on ink will pay for the difference in price over time. And of course you can print larger.

My concerns is shipping weight as I plan on teaching neg making with a unit that is dialed into my workflow, You are right for main uses I would go with the larger unit.

 

[roos]

Looks like the world may have changed my mind. Suddenly a working epson pro 3880 appeared for $100. Anyone have experience with that printer?

 

[Alan9940]

Looks like the world may have changed my mind. Suddenly a working epson pro 3880 appeared for $100. Anyone have experience with that printer?

Yep, had one for nearly 3 years until it started leaking ink all over my prints! Great printer while it worked, but didn't last long. That said, $100 is certainly a great price for a working 3880.

 

[EdSawyer]

pretty sure the p800 series can't use 3rd party inks, so that rules out piezography and jon cone stuff, not sure if that matters for digital negs or not.

 

[faberryman]

pretty sure the p800 series can't use 3rd party inks, so that rules out piezography and jon cone stuff, not sure if that matters for digital negs or not.

Cone Inks has developed a special decoder board that allows use of his color and Piezography inks for the P800.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Looks like the world may have changed my mind. Suddenly a working epson pro 3880 appeared for $100. Anyone have experience with that printer?

that's my only printer I prepare all exhibitor prints and for-sale prints with it.It's perfect for B&W high-quality prints but not so much for digital negatives; still use imagesetters for that.

 

[EdSawyer]

Cone sells a board developed by someone else (Ink Owl? or some other chinese place is making the boards). But they only allow 30 resets to the ink cartridges. Not a great solution. Epson = dicks

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Cone sells a board developed by someone else (Ink Owl? or some other chinese place is making the boards). But they only allow 30 resets to the ink cartridges. Not a great solution. Epson = dicks

I han't been Coned yet

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I han't been Coned yet

You can't beat the quality of digital negatives from an image setter with any printer.

 

[Bob Carnie]

You can't beat the quality of digital negatives from an image setter with any printer.

Sorry have to disagree , the stocastic pattern is highly visable from separation negatives, Unless of course you are talking about LVT recorder or Lambda output onto film.
I do inkjet digital negatives as well as Lambda negatives they are both great outputs, the paper they are printed on is the defining factor.