Low cost 8R dye-sub

nikonrus · 29th April 2007

Anyone knows of a low cost dye-sub photo printer that can print up to 8R.
Speed is not essential; so even up to 1 hour per print also can be accepted. But of course obsolete (or soon to be) model where the ribbons are no longer available sooner or later would not be considered.

witzend · 29th April 2007

Originally Posted by nikonrus

Anyone knows of a low cost dye-sub photo printer that can print up to 8R.
Speed is not essential; so even up to 1 hour per print also can be accepted. But of course obsolete (or soon to be) model where the ribbons are no longer available sooner or later would not be considered.

I don't know if it's low cost or not, but you can check out the Kodak Dye Sub photo printer 1400
http://wwwsg.kodak.com/global/en/pro....24.22.5&lc=en

I used to use a older model from kodak that is discontinued 5 years ago.

nikonrus · 30th April 2007

Thanks for the headsup. Checked with Kodak but unfortunately the 1400 is not being brought into Singapore market for whatever reason.

dannynys · 30th April 2007

Hi nikonrus,

You could try to print it at the local photo print shop. There is no start up cost and don't need to maintain the printer. The only trick is to know their printer profile to match what you see on your screen.

nikonrus · 30th April 2007

Thanks, but what you see as convinence I see as a hassale & when I work out my sums, not cost effective. Not everyone lives in a location where they have access to a local photo shop within 2 mins of their residence/ office. So add the cost of transport, parking (without even taking into consideration of the time for travelling & waiting), per copy cost of the printout becomes just too expensive.

29th April 2007	#1
nikonrus Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 321	Low cost 8R dye-sub Anyone knows of a low cost dye-sub photo printer that can print up to 8R. Speed is not essential; so even up to 1 hour per print also can be accepted. But of course obsolete (or soon to be) model where the ribbons are no longer available sooner or later would not be considered.

30th April 2007	#3
nikonrus Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 321	Re: Low cost 8R dye-sub Thanks for the headsup. Checked with Kodak but unfortunately the 1400 is not being brought into Singapore market for whatever reason.

30th April 2007	#4
dannynys Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Jurong West, Singapore Posts: 186	Re: Low cost 8R dye-sub Hi nikonrus, You could try to print it at the local photo print shop. There is no start up cost and don't need to maintain the printer. The only trick is to know their printer profile to match what you see on your screen.

30th April 2007	#5
nikonrus Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 321	Re: Low cost 8R dye-sub Thanks, but what you see as convinence I see as a hassale & when I work out my sums, not cost effective. Not everyone lives in a location where they have access to a local photo shop within 2 mins of their residence/ office. So add the cost of transport, parking (without even taking into consideration of the time for travelling & waiting), per copy cost of the printout becomes just too expensive.