The newer Epsons don't seem to clog. My 2200 has never clogged in the five years I've been using it. Paul On Aug 17, 2006, at 2:54 AM, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote:
> Hi Brendan, > > I am in the exactly same situation right now. I am looking at > the Epson 4800 and the Canon IPF5000. The 5000 is pretty new > so there is no long term information available yet (good > source for information is the luminous-landscape forum). > > What interests me mostly and what I have learned by reading the > different discussion boards, in favour of the 5000 (not much?): > - the 5000 has a wider color gamut (more ink colors to start from) > - with the 5000 you don't need to swap ink tanks to get matte > optimized black or photo black > - the 4800 (like all Epsons) seems to clog often > - the 5000 monitors the nozzles and will use the other nozzles to > finish the job in case some of the nozzles clog while printing a job > - I have not yet heard of a clogged 5000 but you can replace the heads > yourself if the clog is permanent > - the 5000 ink tanks do not seem to have a "use before" date like the > Epson ones (maybe they forgot?) > > I have not red any firm comment which would suggest the 4800 is the way > to go, other than these, mostly based on history: > - I have used only Epson printers myself in the past with success > (currently 2000P with CIS... which is right now clogging terminally) > - Epson Pigment Inks are at a later generation (Gen 3 or 4 now?) while > the 5000 is the first Canon Pigment ink printer (this is not > necessarily > a bad thing) > > My only concern with these bigger printers is the high price of the > big ink carts. If I remember correctly, both manuf. recommend using > installed > ink carts within 6 months. That recommendation would mean a LOT of > printing > if followed while one full set of ink carts is about $600-700(?). I > think a full > set of carts should be ok for 1-2 years. > > I am leaning towards the 5000 pretty heavily. Early 2007 will also > bring > the > Canon Pigment A3+ printer (Pixma Pro 9500) which would be a more > economical > choise. > > I have the older ColorVision PrintFIX PRO Suite and have been happy > with > it. > It won't produce perfect profiles but still a lot better than any other > approach I have tried (well, the best profile I have is a commercial > profile > from inkjetmall.com but the self made ColorVision profiles come very > very > close). > > Antti-Pekka > ________________________________________ > > Antti-Pekka Virjonen > > Computec Oy > R&D Turku > Fiskarsinkatu 7 D > FIN-20750 Turku Finland > > Puh. +358 10 264 070 > GSM +358 500 789 753 > Telefax +358 10 264 0777 > > Y-tunnus 1974184-5 > Kotipaikka Helsinki > > www.computec.fi > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> Brendan MacRae >> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:03 AM >> To: pdml@pdml.net >> Subject: Printer Recommendations? >> >> I'm going to be putting my digital darkroom together >> soon and I've decided on everything but the printer at >> this point. >> >> I want a large format ink jet and have been looking at >> Canon and Epson. Both of the 17" wide $1800 printers >> have gotten good reviews. I'm leaning toward the Epson >> since I know a designer who owns an older model that >> produces amazing prints. I've never seen anything from >> a Canon. >> >> Also, does anyone else use the ColorVision Print Fix >> Pro suite? +'s? -'s? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -Brendan >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
