reguli Loc: Uruguay

Think before you buy a color printer. I have at home a collection of color printers in the garage because in a very short time the ink cartridges went out of stock. Now if I want a color print of any size I send to print outside and the year cost is much lower than buy a good printer, replace the cartridges and finally throw it away, because it is impossible to find the ink.

Bullfrog Bill Loc: CT

Me too!!!

WJB Loc: Salisbury, MD

Thanks. The first link was very helpful. I'm allergic to YouTube...

Bullfrog Bill Loc: CT

Enter in competition, have a show, hang them on my wall. Is that enough?

ecurb1105

The last Epsom printer I had ruined my printer and stand and paper storage when the printhead ruptured and leaked ink all over. I will never buy another Epsom printer. However, I do recommend their scanners.

Dave34 Loc: Maricopa, AZ

I make a lot of prints on my Canon Pro-100 and love it. I refill the carts with Precision Colors ink and it costs me well under $10 compared to to OEM ink.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

No, my questions were real also... what do we do with all our accumulated prints. After 10 years of printing... I have accumulated a lot of prints. Mostly printing for the Camera Club at perhaps 4 per/month 4x12=~50x10=~500 prints... quite a stack!!

If good enough to give away as a gift, then I would keep a copy. Recently I culled perhaps 20% ... still quite a stack, 400.

Young people will look and wonder ... they think, what a waste since all stored on line from their cell phone. ??? and why did he [me] use an art program to make it look like a painting??? Most if not all would go in the dumpster along with the "Two Man Cross Cut Saw" that my dad used to man-me-up making fireplace wood out of an old dead tree. Of course I will not care from my vantage point of being ashes spread under some oak tree in a scenic park being cleared for condos.

I have 50 8x10" mounted and hung on several walls leaving 350 prints in boxes on shelves ... So? I ask again... is there a home for abandon prints... what do people do once there is a stash accumulated. The person who prints 6 per year... why own a printer when once tuned into a good print lab we can get very good prints and have the thrill of opening the package??

My questions are real...
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Dave said, "I make a lot of prints on my Canon Pro-100 and love it. I refill the carts with Precision Colors ink and it costs me well under $10 compared to to OEM ink." Boy!! that is a big debate issue... it has been trashed many times... 100 year archival ink on archival paper !! Come now!! Dave has the right slant.. as Peggy Lee sang "What will it all mater 100 years from today"

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Bullfrog said: "Enter in competition, have a show, hang them on my wall. Is that enough?" Yes, that is enough... that is real... but now our club projects. ,,, so no prints for the club...













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drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

I use a Canon Pixma iX6820. I used the previous model for several years until it jammed on a 100 copy run and ate it's print head. Which is why I use the iX6820 now. I print 11X14 on it regularly.

drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

If the prints are archival and still good in 100 years you might become the next Leonardo. Only dead artists are making money these days so it seems. I have a stack of 11X 14's Someday they might be dug out of a shelf and considered great art. I think you have to leave something behind besides money (money just gets spent) to be remembered.

Collie lover Loc: St. Louis, MO

I use a Canon Pro-1 for prints up to 13" x 19" I use an Epson WF7620 all-in-one for every day use. It can also print up to 13" x 19" However, it only has 4 cartridges compared to the 12 in the Canon Pro-1. I plan on upgrading to an Epson all-in-one that uses bottled ink when I have the money. I'll give my WF7620 to a granddaughter.

I am very satisfied with both of these printers. It would be nice to print 17" x 22" prints, but I don't have the money to upgrade. I do my own framing. I buy frames from Michael's or even WalMart. My photos are entered in exhibits through a womens photographer's club I belong to and also local contests.

jdedmonds

I bought an Epson P800 about a year ago, replacing two Epson 2200s that I've used for more than a decade. The P800 cost about the same as the two 2200s did together. The prints I make on the P800 are as good as I could ever hope for, and my experience with the older Epsons taught me a great deal about papers, profiles and the technical side. The only drawback I can see with the P800 is the cost of the carts-a full set of nine costs $500. P800 carts seem to last longer than the 2200 carts; I'd guess about 40-50% longer. I have said earlier on this forum that the P800 is all the printer I'm ever going to need, and that's still true.

Love Wildlife

I have the Artisan 1430 also and have had it for 5 months. So far it has been a excellent printer. People who see the photos can't believe how great they look and the clarity. I print 11x14 and 13x19 but is has lots of other options. Price is around $400 but I got mine during the holidays and save $150.

Ricopix

Make better pictures. Then you wil make better prints..... etc ,etc and so on. This exercise of taking pictures should be to improve your vision as a photographer not to waste paper and ink....unless you have a bottomless bank account. Don't mean to be rude but you need to figure out why you do what you do, preferably before you do it.

tcthome Loc: NJ

1 thing is that you can do psnaramas on the p800 with the roll attachment , optional. Check Jose rodriguiez on you tube
He covers Canon & Epson .

WJB Loc: Salisbury, MD

Thanks. Great advice (and endorsement). Bill