At 04:44 PM 3/29/2007, Steve wrote: >I have always had very fast and helpful service from Canon. My first i9900 >would not even start right out of the box. I called Canon, got someone right >away, and within 3 days there was a brand new one at my door, with the prepaid >paperwork and shipping slip to send mine back....
I've debated getting a different printer and wondered how the Canon or HP's were. I have used Epson for a long time. The Epson 800 and 1200, both tend to clog up, since when idle, the print head stays exposed. The 1270 came out shortly to replace the 1200 and solved that problem, so if you happen to leave the printer on, the heads don't dry up. I have had tracking problems with the Epson printers which can happen if anything gets on this long piece of mylar(?) strip that is used to tell the print head where it is. What happens is that borderless prints can leave a thin white edge. Other than that, the 2200 has been reliable and the large prints are great. The Epson is much slower than a Canon printer. No one has mentioned anything about the real cost of the printer, the paper and the ink, but I suspect they are all comparable. Replacing individual ink colors is a must. I tend to run through the lighter colors 2-3 times as fast as the deeper colors. Light magenta 1st, light cyan 2nd, and light grey 3rd. In the long run you will spend 10x as much on ink and paper as the original printer, and if you print a lot, even more than that. The second consideration is how well do the prints last, what paper can you work with, are ICC profiles easily available, how hard is it to get the colors right, ... Nothing worse than getting a magenta cast print only to figure out I set the profiles wrong, the most frustrating part of the whole digital printing process. With the Epson, if I stick to their papers (mostly Glossy and Luster) they are very good. But I have had trouble trying to use Museo fine art paper, and other water color papers. I have never spent money for a color checking prints, but probably would if I really needed it for such papers. My head starts to spin with dot-gain curves and how much ink gets laid down... But when everything works, the results are very pleasing. I'm sure there are solutions, as I did these experiments several years ago. Some of the newer printers can automatically switch to matte black, which is a real pain with the 2200. That is a definite must for any future printer I get, the ability to switch between matte and glossy type papers without changing ink cartridges. Wayne S * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
