Mat Maessen wrote: > On 1/17/07, Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Still asking myself if I wanna print myself or not but I have my eyes >> on those printers at the moment. >> The 1400 is new A3+ printer it seems. Is there any report about its quality? >> What about the Canon and Epson (although only A4) ? > > The 1400 looks like a replacement for the 1280 (finally), and the R320 > is a replacement for the R220. They're not the UltraChrome inks, but > they'll produce excellent output. In looking around at ICC profiles > for non-manufacturer paper, it seems that the Epson printers offer a > LOT more options. And Epson themselves make a lot of different types > of papers for their printers. I'd go with Epson over Canon for that > reason. I would make sure to use the printer at least once a week > though, unless you want to go through the process of cleaning the > heads. > > I've started looking around for a replacement for my Stylus Photo 820, > but I'm on the fence as to whether I should get one that takes > UltraChrome inks, or stick with the consumer-level dye-based inks. > > -Mat >
The R320 is an older model in the R300 series, I've owned one for almost a year. Excellent printer with superb output and it takes the same carts as the R220. It's the same print engine as the R200's, but with more features (card reader, LCD). The replacement for the R220 is the R260. The 1400 is definitely a 1280 replacement. It's really a wide-format version of the R260/R380, using the same ink tech (but different cartridges). Note you cannot get 3rd party inks for Claria-based printers currently. The older R printers do have 3rd party ink options (like MIS' B&W inksets). I'd avoid that particular Canon. It's a 4-ink printer and will not produce as good output as the 6 ink photo printers (or the newer 8-12 ink wide format printers). If I was going to look at a Canon, it would be the new Pro9500 with the 10 pigment ink setup, including support for matte and photo black carts at the same time (the big weakness of the Epson R2400). Canon doesn't currently offer an A4 version of their pigmnt-based photo printers. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
