Advice on PC for printing biz

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radmatic

I have a customer who screen-prints black labels on electronic equipment.
They want me to build them a new PC. They're getting a $2,000 Epson printer.
They also need a scanner.

Should I mess around with RAID or SATA, which I know thing about? How much
memory would be good? Any ideas on the scanner? LCD or CRT? Thanks.


radmatic
 
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BarryNL

radmatic said:
I have a customer who screen-prints black labels on electronic equipment.
They want me to build them a new PC. They're getting a $2,000 Epson printer.
They also need a scanner.

Should I mess around with RAID or SATA, which I know thing about? How much
memory would be good? Any ideas on the scanner? LCD or CRT? Thanks.

So, basically they want something which will drive a scanner and a
printer? Sounds like you should buy something for about $250 at the
local computer store to me.
 
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radmatic

BarryNL said:
So, basically they want something which will drive a scanner and a
printer? Sounds like you should buy something for about $250 at the
local computer store to me.

Why do I think you probably look like "comic book guy"?
 
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BarryNL

radmatic said:
Why do I think you probably look like "comic book guy"?

Well, if you want a sensible answer, try asking a sensible question. If
you put such scant information in your original post expect useless
answers back.

Your original question sounds a bit like:

"I need to go on a trip tomorrow, should I take the bus?"
 
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sooky grumper

radmatic said:
I have a customer who screen-prints black labels on electronic equipment.
They want me to build them a new PC. They're getting a $2,000 Epson printer.
They also need a scanner.

Should I mess around with RAID or SATA, which I know thing about? How much
memory would be good? Any ideas on the scanner? LCD or CRT? Thanks.


radmatic

So, they're paying you to put together a computer system, and you want
us to do your work for you for free?
 
J

JAD

Driving a printer and scanner is about the easiest thing a Rig can do.
I run 2 Epson large media printers from a P3 800 with 512SDram.
With Two Visioneer scanners. I used to do the Graphics on this also. I
did update the graphics system to a P4 1gig ram system.
However, the p3 can do just fine in a pinch.
 
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radmatic

BarryNL said:
Well, if you want a sensible answer, try asking a sensible question. If
you put such scant information in your original post expect useless
answers back.

Your original question sounds a bit like:

"I need to go on a trip tomorrow, should I take the bus?"

Never mind fattie. I'll build my usual nforce2, biostar, amd system...they
rock and are dirt cheap.
 
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radmatic

sooky grumper said:
So, they're paying you to put together a computer system, and you want
us to do your work for you for free?

no, asswipe....go back to your....ummmm...whatever idiots like you do
 
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sooky grumper

radmatic said:
no, asswipe....go back to your....ummmm...whatever idiots like you do

"I have a customer who ... want me to build them a new PC. "

What part am I misunderstanding here, you ****tard?
 
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gothika

radmatic said:
no, asswipe....go back to your....ummmm...whatever idiots like you do

"I have a customer who ... want me to build them a new PC. "

What part am I misunderstanding here, you ****tard?


Ignore this prick. Just post a bit more info inregards to the
particulars of what type of printing work you'll be doing and I'll
try to help.
I've worked in the printing prepress industry for longer than most
here have been breathing.
 
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BarryNL

radmatic said:
Never mind fattie. I'll build my usual nforce2, biostar, amd system...they
rock and are dirt cheap.

No you won't because you're quite obviously a schoolboy troll - back
under your bridge, bad troll!
 
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bogustxtburnetga

I have a customer who screen-prints black labels on electronic equipment.
They want me to build them a new PC. They're getting a $2,000 Epson printer.
They also need a scanner.

Should I mess around with RAID or SATA, which I know thing about? How much
memory would be good? Any ideas on the scanner? LCD or CRT? Thanks.


radmatic

Get them any modern system and throw in 1gb af ram and a g550 video card. They
are doing 2d graphics and this would kick ass
 
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Charles P Lamb

Don't trust the manufacturers resolution specifications of the scanner.
Test it yourself. Typically manufactures claim resolution is high as the
pixel density whereas is reality it is usually about one-fifth the pixel
density.

Charles P. Lamb
 
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gothika

Don't trust the manufacturers resolution specifications of the scanner.
Test it yourself. Typically manufactures claim resolution is high as the
pixel density whereas is reality it is usually about one-fifth the pixel
density.

Charles P. Lamb
So true, at least in respects to the vast majority of consumer grade
scanners.
I've found you gotta go with a brand like Scitex to get truth in
specs.
For the vast majority of consumer needs to much emphasis is placed on
optical resolution. Where it's critical for someone like myself that
does commercial scanning, high resolution achieved without sacrificing
good noise levels comes at a high price.
The higher the optical dpi of the pickup the greater the noise. which
can really make for a terrible scan image if you try and push consumer
scanners to their max resolution.(I have an epson 1650 perfection
attached to my web computer for general purpose work and it really
begins to noise up once you exceed 50% of the optical resolution.)
Best to purchase a scanner with good specs and take it home for a test
flight. Scan various documents/images at different settings. If the
scans look good for your purposes then keep it. If not get a refund.
 

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