My main consideration in buying a printer is ease of refilling with 3rd party bulk ink, without printer heads getting all plugged up. Who can afford the costlier than gold proprietory ink cartridges?! With that being a prime consideration which A3 or A2 printer just lets you refill easily? I like to print lots of big prints. But an a po' boy. see my photos here: http://georgiadis.googlepages.com/ -- Alex Georgiadis On 8/19/06, Pini Vollach <pinimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The advantage of Epson was the ability to control color management. How R the HP and Canon regarding this criteria ? Pini ????? Thomas Greutmann: > Besides the Epsons an Canons you might wantto look at the newer HP models as well, eg. the HP 8750 (A3) or 8450 (A4). I am using the HP 8750 for about a year now, mostly for black and white, and Iam still impressed with the results. I tried Epsons before but I always had technical problems -none of these with the HP. > > Regards, > Thomas Greutmann www.blackandwhitegallery.de > > ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- > Von: "Veli Izzet Cigirgan" <veli.izzet@xxxxxxxxx> > An: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Gesendet: 18.08.06 07:04 > Betreff: Priner for Fine art photography > > Hi all, > > I am sure this topic has come up a few times, but technology changes, so.. > > I am thinking of buying a new printer, instead of my old Epson 1290. > > Of course longevity (pigment based inks?) is one concern. I also have some > problems with clogging of the noozles, so this is a concern too. Of course > usable color space, price, individual color cartridges, etc. are also > concerns. > > At the time I bought the 1290, there was only one way to go ... Epson. Later > I heard that there are also some Canons.. But this may be old news now. > > So I would like to hear from people what printers they use, and how they > rate them. > > BTW, snapshot printing and pictbridge is not important for me, but using > different papers (eg. watercolor) is important. > > Thanks for the help. > > Veli Izzet Cigirgan > > >
