epson 9000 output comparison/Hi Fi Jet

[allen takichi maertz <allentakichi@earthlink.net>]

I'm back from a month photographing in New Mexico and noticed that the 9000 is
coming out so I wonder if anyone can compare .....

9000 output to a regular epson desktop printer model like the EX or the Hi Fi
Jet for the world of BIG.

The droplet size of the 9000 is what? 

I have looked at the Roland HiFi Jet this week at Digital Pulse and the output
 was at the level of the epson 3000 as regards to grainyness/dot size.  It
looked great printed big from a distance but not close up which kinda
eliminated small prints.  The output direct from Roland (I drove over to their
labs)  showed about half the dot size on same materials.  Roland uses the
epson heads (they don't know which one, I'm waiting for an answer),
nonvariable droplet.  The heads had just been replaced on the Digital Pulse
machine (which eliminates wear) which leaves RIP selection (theirs was the 6
color onyx) as a possible variable compared to the out of the box RIP from
Roland.  (I liked the bundled RIP better at first look)

The "archival" MIS sixcolor and JPG glossy combination sample that I printed
on my EX that I brought with me blew the HiFi Jet away for dot size. 

Any discussion will be very appreciated on the 9000 output quality level. 
Yes, I would be modifying the 9000 for archival materials.  Feel free to e
mail me at allentakichi@earthlink.net for discussion off list if you like
besides the epson list.  I always post results to the list when I get real
information anyway.

Thanks,  Takichi
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