Hi Phil:?
A quick recommendation here.?
You can¡¯t go too wrong with wither the Epson 9xx or Canon 1xxx Pro Graf.?
After using Epson for two decades, I switched to Canon a few years back because of ongoing annoyance with Epson. If you¡¯re using the printers continually, you shouldn¡¯t see much in the way of clogs; but in my experience, Canon does much, much better with infrequent usage. I rarely have a clog.?
I¡¯m a huge fan of InkOwl third party inks. The Canon Pro Graf printers use a ¡°tank,¡± not a cartridge. Refilling is easy (and borders on minor glee because of sparing the landfill the empty tanks and the huge cost savings). As a professional photographer and printer of many years, with countless prints to clients using these inks, I can say they give up nothing to the OEMs. I¡¯ve used them both in Canon and Epson printers. The company has stellar service, as well. So great is my confidence, than I run them in my three Prografs, the 1000, and two 2000s.?
The is no perfect inkjet printer! The Canons do require head replacement, periodically (you cannot reasonably replace an Epson printer head). The task is very easy, but the price a pain points. In more than 7 years running two 2000s and a few years with the 1000, I¡¯ve replaced one head.?
Two cents if you can use it!
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On Dec 10, 2023, at 2:38?PM, Tom O'Connell via groups.io <tomoconnell44@...> wrote:
Yes indeed, welcome back, Phil
I recently archived all my emails older than 1 year, so I COULD find a date when you were logging in but it would take hours?:-), so just welcome back.
I wonder if you mean 17¡± or 13¡± for large size. The Epson 700 has all the features of the 900 (including same inset) so that may satisfy your needs, but I really really like the 900. Of course they have both been on the market now for several years, so they may well get updated at some point, but I¡¯m feeling that the 900 will satisfy me for quite a while. Full disclosure, I have a 700 at my vacation home.
Looking forward to seeing your work again.
On Dec 10, 2023, at 11:37?AM, Gary <bensonga@...> wrote:
Hello Phil! ?I recognize your name from past print exchanges, but my memory is not so good anymore so I can¡¯t recall when you last participated. ?Tom or Jayanand may have better memories.
I don¡¯t use QTR very often anymore but I still check in on the QuadtoneRIP group now and then. ?Like our group, they migrated from Yahoo Groups to Groups.io. ?I¡¯m almost certain that QTR still only works with Epson printers. ?I did a search of their group messages and found that the latest versions of QTR do support the 17¡± Epson P900. ?A 17¡± wide size printer is one that many of us here use, primarily the Epson P800/P900 or Canon Pro-1000. ?It is great for producing the Letter/A4 size prints of our regular bi-monthly print exchanges and for the annual large print exchange in February (paper sizes larger than letter/A4 and up to a maximum of 13x19¡±) which is the largest size we can conveniently mail.
Welcome back!
Gary
