I have the luxury of the following at work;
Epson 4880
Epson 4900
Epson 9900
Epson mini lab
If I'm at home I slum it and have an all in one Canon Pixmar
On some of the larger printers, you get larger volumes of ink per colour. How do you manage to keep your Epson from wasting ink or the print heads from clogging?
Do any of you use 3rd party ink systems?
On some of the larger printers, you get larger volumes of ink per colour. How do you manage to keep your Epson from wasting ink or the print heads from clogging?
Do any of you use 3rd party ink systems?
Ok, I deleted my proposed rant about home printing. Here is the summation:
It is hard to beat prints made on machines that cost more than most houses, managed by technicians whose career is printing.
How much do know, or will ever know, about all those profiles and nerdy settings?
Got ink? Got any money left? Enjoy feeding the ink pigs?
Do you have to buy, and inevitably waste, expensive specialty papers in different sizes?
No matter how nice your printer is, isn't there a bigger and better and newer one to lust after, using of course different and more and more ink cartridges?
Do you intend to spend how many hours and dollars turning out any one perfect print?
You can do all of this, if you insist. Just don't think this is the best choice for most people.
I would suggest a cheap printer using the fewest and cheapest cartridges, or a laser, for the usual documents and quick and decent only small prints for grandma. She could care less about absolute technical quality.
If you have that masterpiece photo, get it professionally printed on the paper and size that it deserves. Are you really going to print the thousands of large high-end prints that might, maybe, make home printing a reasonable solution?
Yes, many will say they are just so much better than the labs...a few would be correct I'm sure. I will just say I come from a photographic background, a couple of famous ones actually. I have technical skills and retain at least an average amount of information. I work hard and don't give up easily. I gave up home ink printing and let the pros do it. Comes in the mail.
But unless you're willing to put in the time to really learn how to print, you're better off leaving it to a pro service.
Ok, I deleted my proposed rant about home printing. Here is the summation:
It is hard to beat prints made on machines that cost more than most houses, managed by technicians whose career is printing.
How much do know, or will ever know, about all those profiles and nerdy settings?
Got ink? Got any money left? Enjoy feeding the ink pigs?
Do you have to buy, and inevitably waste, expensive specialty papers in different sizes?
No matter how nice your printer is, isn't there a bigger and better and newer one to lust after, using of course different and more and more ink cartridges?
Do you intend to spend how many hours and dollars turning out any one perfect print?
You can do all of this, if you insist. Just don't think this is the best choice for most people.
I would suggest a cheap printer using the fewest and cheapest cartridges, or a laser, for the usual documents and quick and decent only small prints for grandma. She could care less about absolute technical quality.
If you have that masterpiece photo, get it professionally printed on the paper and size that it deserves. Are you really going to print the thousands of large high-end prints that might, maybe, make home printing a reasonable solution?
Yes, many will say they are just so much better than the labs...a few would be correct I'm sure. I will just say I come from a photographic background, a couple of famous ones actually. I have technical skills and retain at least an average amount of information. I work hard and don't give up easily. I gave up home ink printing and let the pros do it. Comes in the mail.