Re: Re: What's Santa going to bring you?

["Quinten Uijldert" <quinten.uijldert@xxxxxxx>]

Oi! Nothing wrong with Holland :D

Hoe gaat het ermee?

Q.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:44:35 +0200
"Andy Powell" <ukha@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Holland :(
>
> Andy
>
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> On 26/09/01 at 18:47 Phil Harris wrote:
>
> >Where are you based Andy?
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Andy Powell [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: 25 September 2001 20:27
> >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: What's Santa going to bring
> you?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 24/09/01 at 17:31 Phil Harris wrote:
> >>
> >> >The 1290 is a cracking printer ... I have one that I
> use only for photo
> >> >prints.
> >>
> >> Yep, that's what I want it for. I went to the camera
> shop on
> >> Saturday to pick up some prints from my digital camera
> (they do
> >> it on proper photo paper) the standard sized are great
> but what
> >> really blew me away was the when I got my A4 ones! Out
> f*$k%^g
> >> standing, I really mean it they look as good (to me)
> as *any*
> >> photo and a lot better than APS, which is grainy poo,
> to Boot!
> >>
> >> (these are my personal opinions only, I'm fully aware
> that 'real'
> >> photo quality is actually better - but I can't tell
> the
> >> difference so to all intents and porpoises (down
> flipper down)
> >> they are the same to me)
> >>
> >> There are two big problems with getting it done in a
> proper photo
> >> shop though. first is cost (A4 @ 8.45 NLG ~ = 2.41 GBP
> each!!!)
> >> and the fact that they obviously don't use any sort of
> >> intelligence when it comes to cutting them to size...
> I've
> >> attempted to fix this problem buy enlarging the canvas
> in
> >> Paintshop Pro and then sending them the picture (with
> some 'white
> >> space' around the image) hopefully when I get them
> back they'll
> >> have the whole picture, and if I'm a little unlucky a
> little bit
> >> of white around the edges...
> >>
> >> I've not seen much real output on this printer, so any
> info would
> >> be great, because of the cost, delay and the 'cutting
> peoles
> >> heads off' thing I'm really tempted to do this. Plus
> the wife is
> >> very interested in doing it ourselves. i suppose if
> the output is
> >> good enough then even if it's a little more expensive
> the fact
> >> that it can be done there and then, and I can adjust
> what/who
> >> gets cut off then it'd be better.
> >>
> >> The ultimate question is can you tell at A4 the
> difference
> >> between a 1290 version and one done in a photo shop
> (apart from
> >> the paper of course)
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Homevision (No chance)
> >> >> Pronto Pro (yeah right)
> >> >> Bigger TV (Plasma??) minimum 32in (even less of a
> chance!)
> >> >> Epson 1290 colour printer (distinct possibility)
> >> >>
> >> >> Andy
> >> >>
>
>
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