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Large print exchange

 

Thanks for participating last year Rick.? I know the large print exchange is more costly and can be a hassle re packaging and mailing the prints.? It certainly is on my end.? That said, I really enjoy making and seeing the larger prints.

We had an higher than usual participation rate last February.? I was lucky to have those Ilford portfolio cases to mail the prints back to the US participants.? Unfortunately, I don't have any more of those so I'll have to go with the alternate mailing method.? For most of us that means the flattened USPS flat rate boxes.

I've already selected two of my images for the large print exchange.? I made prints of them which I gave to my photo friends here in Anchorage yesterday evening when we met for our annual end of year photo gathering/dinner.

Gary
 

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Very good, Gary!

Count me in on the large exchange as well.

Cheers,
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On Dec 9, 2023, at 5:26?AM, Gary via groups.io <bensonga@...> wrote:

?Thanks for participating last year Rick.? I know the large print exchange is more costly and can be a hassle re packaging and mailing the prints.? It certainly is on my end.? That said, I really enjoy making and seeing the larger prints.

We had an higher than usual participation rate last February.? I was lucky to have those Ilford portfolio cases to mail the prints back to the US participants.? Unfortunately, I don't have any more of those so I'll have to go with the alternate mailing method.? For most of us that means the flattened USPS flat rate boxes.

I've already selected two of my images for the large print exchange.? I made prints of them which I gave to my photo friends here in Anchorage yesterday evening when we met for our annual end of year photo gathering/dinner.

Gary

 

Greetings everyone,
I am looking to get back into the print exchange but need new printer. Any recommendations for a single device that will support the large & small format. Preferred works with quad tone rip too¡­

Thanks,
Phil
 
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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. ?(Edit: ?I just searched our messages and with that help my memory is slowly being refreshed. ?I had forgotten that you joined the group in 2013 and volunteered to be the print coordinator/re-packager for 3 quarters in 2015.)

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.

Alternatively, you could get one of the less expensive 13¡± wide printers like the Epson P700 or Canon Pro-300. ?The ink cartridges are smaller than those on the 17¡± wide printers, so if you calculate the ink costs in $/ml, you¡¯ll find that the larger ink carts of the 17¡± printers are significantly lower than for the 13¡± printers. ?Of course, each ink cartridge costs more for the 17¡± printers.

Welcome back Phil!

Gary
 

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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.

Tom

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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

 

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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.

Tom

Tom O'Connell







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


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On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 02:38 PM, Tom O'Connell wrote:
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Thanks Tom!? I think the SC900 is my device of choice. I once owned a 2nd hand 3800 & loved it.? I passed it on to a friend when I decide to return to mainstream IT work overseas.?? Now that I have settled in northern Italy, I am looking at getting back into photography, printing my own work, & sharing it with others.
 

Josh,

The Canon Pro 1000 did catch my eye but doesn't work with QTR, which is a more of personal obsession than a requirement! As a long time Canon shooter, I have always been interested in their printers, just never purchased one.


V/r,
Phil
 

Gary,

What is the normal "large format" print size for the exchange?

I recall it once was 13x19, is this still the chosen format?


Phil
 

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Phillip-

I love the 900. The choice you have to make (though not when you buy it) is whether or not to get the roll feeder. I did. But I rarely use it since it requires manual cutting. With my old 4900 I used the roll paper a lot. Now not so much. I should either just get over it or buy some 17x22 boxes of paper?:-) If the 900 is without the roll feeder, it is a very very compact printer for a 17¡± model. Hardly much larger than the 700.

I saw your email to Gary on size ¡ª large print exchange is still 13 x 19 as you remember.?

Tom

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On Dec 11, 2023, at 9:46?PM, Phillip Kimble via groups.io <kimblep@...> wrote:

On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 02:38 PM, Tom O'Connell wrote:
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Thanks Tom!? I think the SC900 is my device of choice. I once owned a 2nd hand 3800 & loved it.? I passed it on to a friend when I decide to return to mainstream IT work overseas.?? Now that I have settled in northern Italy, I am looking at getting back into photography, printing my own work, & sharing it with others.

 

Hi Phil.? Yes, as Tom said....13x19" (or A3) is the preferred/standard size for the large print exchange.?

That said, I have also submitted some prints on 12x12" and 11x17" papers when the image dimensions fit those papers better than printing them on 13x19 inch paper would.

Gary

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