Adam E. J. Squier
(K=9803) - Comment Date 5/11/2005
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No question in my mind. The R800 or R1800, depending on whether you want large format or not. I think they give better prints than the 2200. They're pigmented inks, which are archival. No other comapny's inks are.
The gloss optimizer in these two printers does what it says. It's much harder to see different "sheens" on the print with regard to ink coverage. This is why I didn't want the 2200.
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Richard Dakin
(K=12915) - Comment Date 5/11/2005
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I would agree with Adam. I have researched printers recently, and will choose one of the two to add to my set-up. I currently use an Epson 1280 which has been converted to Lyson "Quad Black" inks for my B+W prints (I only sell B+Ws), and a cheap Lexmark for everything else.
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Jennifer Marroquin
(K=0) - Comment Date 5/11/2005
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Adam E. J. Squier wrote "The gloss optimizer in these two printers does what it says. It's much harder to see different "sheens" on the print with regard to ink coverage. This is why I didn't want the 2200."
Sorry, but I am pretty new to printers this advanced. The printer I currently own is a Canon i960. What do you mean by what you said above?
Thanks again :)
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[[dead account]]
(K=6692) - Comment Date 5/19/2005
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I've posted this many times in other threads, but based on the experiences of my myself and many other graphic artists I know, you are better off not buying your own color printer.
Why?
1. The cartridges are insanely expensive and even if you only print photos occasionally, you will blow through them rather quickly.
2. My Epson and increasingly many other printers will not allow you to print even a black and white document if one of the cartridges is empty.
3. High quality glossy paper is also really expensive and you really need to know what you are doing to match the quality of a professional printer.
My advice would be to upload your images to a service like Ofoto and have them do your prints for you. Their work is impeccable, the individual prints are far cheaper than pretty much anything you can do at home, and your images are backed up online for as long as you keep your account.
Although I stopped using our color printer last year, my wife has been using it for school design projects and she's come to hate it as much as I do.
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Chris Hunter
(K=25634) - Comment Date 5/23/2005
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I totally agree w/ John. And if I was going to buy another good quality home printer, it would be a larger format dye-sub printer. I really prefer the quality of dye-sub prints over ink jet. I know about the smaller color space in dye-subs, but the quality seems that much better to me. Either way, none of us are going to be buying a $200,000 Fuji Frontier in the near future...but you can have your images printed on one by a digital imaging pro (we hope LOL) by using a service such as ofoto (I use ezprints - more 2:3 paper sizes and pano format prints).
Chris
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roytje
(K=15) - Comment Date 11/1/2005
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Hello,
This post is not about quality but about costs. It is now very easy to calculate and compare printer costs at www.printeradvice.com . I hope this can help you with your choice.
Greetz
Roy
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Don Loseke
(K=32503) - Comment Date 11/11/2005
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Just bought a new Epson 2400, have had their 1270 and 1280. I have always used the cheap ink and get along wonderful.. No use paying epson all that money for ink. Nothing like doing the printing yourself.
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