The business model of inkjet printers has always been to give you the razor in order to sell you the high-priced razor blades. The low printer price is designed to seduce.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:25 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/17/2015 10:05 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> >> I don't think I can do this too soon, but I wish I had a way to make my >> own 11 x 17 or 12 x 18 prints >> >> reviews? suggestions? >> >> ann >> > > I'm using a Canon, Pixma iX6520, yea, I know it's not an Epson, but as long > as you use Canon paper, or something close, you get very good results, > pretty much what you'd expect from a good lab. The printer itself retails > for between $100 and $150, with a list price of about $350. Prints up to > 13x19" prints. > > That's the good news. The really bad news is it's been superseded. However > it's repalacement the Canon iX6820 is pretty much the same printer with the > addition of WiFi connectivity, I can't vouch for the replacement's print > quality, but I assume it's probably at least as good. > > The Good it's not a lot bigger than an 8x10 printer, image quality very good > to exultant, it actually looks good when not in use, and comes with full > size, not sample ink cartridges. > > The bad, like most inkjets, it drinks ink like a drunken sailor, and really > doesn't work with very heavy weight paper, 140gsm about 11 mil thickness > would be the max I'd use, also doesn't do a particularly good job printing > mat papers, glossy and semi gloss would be the way to go. It also must just > must be exorcized regularly to get anything like decent ink usage. > > It's a nice printer. I got mine for the rock bottom price. I haven't seen > it or it's replacement for less than $149.00 for a long time. > > P.S. If this post is incoherent my excuse is I've had a few shots of The > Glenlivet, but really it is a really nice printer, especially for the price. > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
