Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

It has been out long enough that I hope some of you have had a great deal of experience with it.

I have shied away from Epson printers for quite some time now because of several bad experiences with the heads drying out and have to toss them about once a year. Is there any issues with this printer?

I see comparisons to the Canon 200 and 300 which seem to believe the Epson is the equal printing on glossy or matte photo paper but that the Canons are better on art paper, Has this been your experience as well.

Besides cost what do you see as the Pros and Cons? At a cost of $.28/ml of ink would you use this as your daily printer instead of a laser?

tjc321

I use this printer as my daily business printer, but not for photos bc it has only 3 colors if you don't count black. Go Canon for photo printing with more colors to make a better looking photo print.

eternal camper Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I have had my ET-8550 for over 6 months and just love it!

Heads never dry out,

ink is so much cheaper than any other printer I have ever had,

I even sold my 2 Canon Pro-100 printers that I had as I just love how cheap the ink costs are,

and the results are awesome.

I have actually been printing on some Canon Lustre paper that was left over when I sold my Canons, as well as a number of Red River papers, which have profiles for the 8550, and am using some Epson Lustre and getting great results with all papers.

Still trying out new profiles but really love this printer

Stephen

one_eyed_pete Loc: Colonie NY

Firstly, both Canon and Epson make photo printers capable of producing excellent photos. Most failures (typically nozzle clogging) are related to operator error, (ie. failure to exercise the printer regularly or feed bad ink). Discerning photographers generally prefer photo printers with at least 5 colors of ink because it provides a larger color gamut to accurately reproduce fringe colors in an image. The Canon pro 200 is a 5 color dye ink printer while the Pro 300 is a 6 color pigment ink printer. The Epson ET-8550 is a 3 color dye ink printer. I have seen reviews of the ET-8550 that claim it produces surprisingly good color photos. Certainly the gray ink helps some. I've been happily using Epson photo printers for near 18 years. I'm hoping for Epson to come out with a wide format 5 color Eco Tank printer.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Pete - the 13" Canon Pro-200 is an 8-color dye-based ink system, and the Pro-300 is a 9 color 13" printer using pigment inks.

one_eyed_pete Loc: Colonie NY

Yes, I didn't count black, gray and lt gray as colors. I guess black as well as white are both technically colors but I'm not sure how much they expand the color gamut. The black, gray and lt gray are a big help with B&W printing.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

I thought that may have been how you came up with the # of colors. I used the official tech specs put out by Canon, which is how I think they're more commonly described.