I own the Epson 4900 17" as well as the Epson 9900 44" wide printers. The pictures produced by these are esquisite, and the only printers that excelled in resolution were real old dye based printers such as the 1270 by epson. I cannot emphasize this point more strongly, these printers the 4900, 7900 and 9900 are ink jet clog kings. If your not in a business that is printing at least 10 prints a day, then your'e not moving enough ink through these machines. If you buy this machine as a hobby and print just a few occasional pictures it will seem wonderful at first, but the acumulated gunk in the ink tubing and the damper assembly and inkhead will cause clogging of heads that you cannot clear. The inkheads are not replacable, except by an epson technician. Plan on spending $1500.00 or more to replace them. Clogs have allways been the bane of inkjet type of printers, but earlier head designs had larger openings for ink to flow through and better power clearing provisions. This latest series of machine requires capping stations that seal well consistantly and head wiping mechanisms that clean reliably every time, and vacuum pumps and pressure pumps that don't diminish in their job. If any of these fail (and they will) then it's repair time. Epson is not our friend they have built machines with one thing in mind, namely to sell ink at high prices