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Post by daves on Dec 4, 2023 18:42:10 GMT
Although it still works, my Epson R2400 is getting a bit long in the tooth and profiles are not easily found, plus its paper feed is unreliable.
So I'm looking for an A3+ replacement, ideally under the £650 mark.
Could be either Canon or Epson, dye or pigment.
Any recommendations? Gotchas?
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Post by geoffr on Dec 4, 2023 19:27:08 GMT
Although it still works, my Epson R2400 is getting a bit long in the tooth and profiles are not easily found, plus its paper feed is unreliable. So I'm looking for an A3+ replacement, ideally under the £650 mark. Could be either Canon or Epson, dye or pigment. Any recommendations? Gotchas? Clean the feed rollers with isopropyl alcohol on a cotton bud. No idea what to replace it with but that should keep it going for a while. |
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Post by peterob on Dec 4, 2023 19:45:02 GMT
Although it still works, my Epson R2400 is getting a bit long in the tooth and profiles are not easily found, plus its paper feed is unreliable. So I'm looking for an A3+ replacement, ideally under the £650 mark. Could be either Canon or Epson, dye or pigment. Any recommendations? Gotchas? Same position. My Canon 9500 ii has been unsupported for years although the original driver seems to have survived various OS upgrades over the last decade. I'll need to change it when I replace my mac and I expect the print head needs unblocking because I haven't printed in a while. I enjoy printing. Unfortunately I'm not so good at taking pictures that deserve it. The Canon has done quite well but it does like to be used. Leave it a while and the inks block, especially cyan for some reason. There was an LCE promotion on the imagePrograf-300 most of this year but it seems to have ended. Looks like a set of inks is not far off £200. For mine they were ~£120 last time I bought a set. If I remember correctly from the last time I looked, the main difference between makes is that some Epsons take roll paper whereas all Canons need cut paper. |
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Post by zou on Dec 4, 2023 19:47:43 GMT
My tongue in cheek recommendation, just print on demand via a trusted lab. Cheaper and takes up less space.  |
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Post by peterob on Dec 4, 2023 19:50:14 GMT
My tongue in cheek recommendation, just print on demand via a trusted lab. Cheaper and takes up less space. I agree if what you want is the print. The actual making of the print is what I enjoy. |
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Post by daves on Dec 4, 2023 19:51:00 GMT
Although it still works, my Epson R2400 is getting a bit long in the tooth and profiles are not easily found, plus its paper feed is unreliable. So I'm looking for an A3+ replacement, ideally under the £650 mark. Could be either Canon or Epson, dye or pigment. Any recommendations? Gotchas? Clean the feed rollers with isopropyl alcohol on a cotton bud. No idea what to replace it with but that should keep it going for a while. I've got plenty of isopropanol and cotton buds so will give it a go. |
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Post by daves on Dec 4, 2023 19:54:58 GMT
A lot of what I will be printing are astrophotographs so having fine gradations in the blacks will be important, as well as accurate colour gamut.
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Post by Fenris on Dec 5, 2023 10:25:17 GMT
My tongue in cheek recommendation, just print on demand via a trusted lab. Cheaper and takes up less space. I agree if what you want is the print. The actual making of the print is what I enjoy. That's confused me... the making the print is just clicking the print button. All the work of the file would be exactly the same if you were sending the file off to a lab. I could understand if you were talking about darkroom printing, but digitally the actual print is a single click. A lot of what I will be printing are astrophotographs so having fine gradations in the blacks will be important, as well as accurate colour gamut. I'd seriously try somewhere like ThePrintspace, I use them for all my prints now even the fine art ones which are very dependant on fine graduations of colour and tone. I sold my A3+ printer as it works out cheaper to get them done elsewhere. |
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Post by daves on Dec 5, 2023 12:51:02 GMT
Coincidentally there's a feature on home printing in the latest Amateur Photographer.
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Post by dorsetmike on Dec 5, 2023 13:19:13 GMT
Having repaired printers as part of my job - in the days before retirement, I have used laser printers for many years, much cheaper to run, toner is cheaper than printer ink and doesn't dry out if not used frequently. Added to which I rarely need to print images as I post them on line or send by email.
Plus mine will print model railway back scenes up to 4' long and card up to 220gsm - adequate for model railway buildings.
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Post by daves on Dec 5, 2023 17:19:14 GMT
Considering that some of my astro images are the end result of perhaps 2 years of data capture and hours of post processing I'm not prepared to compromise the print with poor quality.
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Post by daves on Dec 5, 2023 17:22:25 GMT
I've been seriously considering the Epson SC-P700, but seen a couple of dodgy reviews on the Wex website. It seems to tick all my boxes but those poor reviews have raised doubts.
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Post by peterob on Dec 5, 2023 17:29:57 GMT
I agree if what you want is the print. The actual making of the print is what I enjoy. That's confused me... the making the print is just clicking the print button. All the work of the file would be exactly the same if you were sending the file off to a lab. I could understand if you were talking about darkroom printing, but digitally the actual print is a single click. Well, I agree it isn't the same as darkroom printing but it is nice to see the print coming out of the printer, and there is some immediacy. It is more involving then delivering a USB stick to the print shop and going back to collect the results. |
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Post by steveandthedogs on Dec 5, 2023 23:05:30 GMT
This guy gets very good reviews from the local club if you only want the occasional print: www.thepixelprinter.com/I think he does A2 and possibly bigger and will happily discuss requirements. S |
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Post by peterob on Dec 6, 2023 12:27:15 GMT
This week's AP (Dec 5th) has a printer and print service article. Basically a statement of specs but all in one place. Only Canon and Epson home printers. Nothing bigger than A3+.
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