In your situation, Dave, you may just have to consider your printers a short
term investment. It might be best to use the cheapest that will do the job and
replace them every few months. I know of none that are designed for a dusty
environment, and even if they are some sealed printers made
After much to-and-froing, my own Canon/Epson/HP decision finally
got resolved in favour of HP. It's only six-colour (not their
latest eight-ink unit), but the biggest difference there would
be if I did a lot of black-and-white printing.
The single biggest factor was my fear of printheads
Subject: Re: A3 printer recommends please
The Epson would be my primary choice for print lifetime, but
it's twice the cost of the HP ($799 instead of $399). That
difference buys me quite a few reprints.
John,
After my last two Epsons kept clogging, I finally went the HP route
too. I have been much happier with overall usage of this printer
(7350 - six color) including feel (touch) of the prints and their
hardiness. Once dry, they seem to be nicer than the Epson prints -
this is all using the
Metamerism is still an issue with the 2200, But proper
profiling will reduce the effect dramatially
--- Juey Chong Ong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday, Oct 24, 2003, at 14:34 America/New_York,
Ramesh Kumar wrote:
I too was looking at 2000P and its goes cheap on
ebay.
2000P has
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From: Brendan
Subject: Re: A3 printer recommends please
Metamerism is still an issue with the 2200, But proper
profiling will reduce the effect dramatially
I am curious about this statement. I had thought metamerisation was purely a
function of how the colour
It is but when there is a serious colour cast to begin
with, good profiles remove this and reduce the effect.
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Brendan
Subject: Re: A3 printer recommends please
Metamerism is still an issue with the 2200
Brendan chimed in with:
Even the higher end printers like the 2200 are ink
monsters,
Hi all.
Now i have several examples of printers other than my Canons,thanks to Bill and Wendy.
But, i tend to use my printers and computers in some pretty
This one time, at band camp, Chris Stoddart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cons for the Canon are that a colleague bought one and got bad banding (I
think it was the 9000 though), so took it back and swapped it for another
- same problem. Took it back again and got the Epson instead, which he
On 24/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Cons for the Canon are that a colleague bought one and got bad banding (I
think it was the 9000 though), so took it back and swapped it for another
- same problem. Took it back again and got the Epson instead, which he
swears by. Cons for the Epson are
Oh yeah, the S9000 is very fast, and very very quiet (compared to my old
Epson Stylus Photo EX). Useful for printing off late at night when all
the little goblins are tucked up in bed ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Chris Stoddart wrote:
All this talk about the pros and cons of Ilford paper and so on and so
forth gives me opportunity to asks for recommendations for an A3 photo
printer, which I am sure Santa will be bringing me. I'm really torn
between the Canon i9000 and the Epson
If it is like my old BCJ-620 the head costs more than the printer is worth.
However, when it had clogged up badly (hadn't been used in a year) I pulled it
out and soaked it in a jar of rubbing alcohol for a week changing the alcohol
daily. That put it back in service. With the epsons you can't
But then you can find a bulk ink system for most Epson photo printers there is
even one available for the cheap Photo 820.
alex wetmore wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Chris Stoddart wrote:
All this talk about the pros and cons of Ilford paper and so on and so
forth gives me opportunity to asks
Hi Chris,
I would give some serious thought to ponying up the extra and going with
the Epson 2100/2200. The three main reasons would be:
1.Archival inks
2.Individual ink tanks (I use 2 black and light m c to one of others
aprox.) so the ink saved may make up the difference in cost over
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, graywolf wrote:
But then you can find a bulk ink system for most Epson photo printers there is
even one available for the cheap Photo 820.
Yup. I had one of these systems for my Epson 870.
The bulk ink is great if you are printing _a lot_. If you plan on
printing 4oz of
On 24/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Another advantage of the Canon is that you can easily refill the ink
cartridges. Don't underestimate how much ink will cost you when
making a lot of prints. Being able to trivially refill cartridges is
a real plus.
Ah, this sounds good - any info you
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Cotty wrote:
On 24/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Another advantage of the Canon is that you can easily refill the ink
cartridges. Don't underestimate how much ink will cost you when
making a lot of prints. Being able to trivially refill cartridges is
a real plus.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, mike wilson wrote:
I forget where I saw the comparison but even cheapo printer ink is more
expensive than vintage champage. Once you get to manufacturer's
products, the difference is an order of magnitude.
Yes, I read the same thing - I am pretty sure it was on the
Even the higher end printers like the 2200 are ink
monsters, as far as the extra $200 for the epson, that
gives you better icc support, pigment inks, better BW
printing ( tho the new hp is damn good here ) more
paper choices, roll paper and auto cutting, thats
where the extra cash goes, if you
The latest round of HP's (6 color) are much better than people
give them credit for.
I got a chance to see the latest HP photo printers this week; HP
were partial underwriters of a Computer History Museum event, and
sent along some HP 945 digital cameras, some of their 6x4 printers,
and one
On 24/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
I've been watching this thread with interest - I'm planning
to purchase a large-format photo printer, and had pretty much
narrowed the choice down to the Canon i9100 or the Epson pigment
ink model (2000p or something like that).
I'm a little concerned,
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