10-31-2010, 09:59 PM
[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1288524059' post='3850']
I am interested in getting an Epson photoprinter for A4 or maybe A3+. Has any of you experience with them. What would you recommend for A4 and A3+? I want to use them with a Nikon D300s and Capture NX2! Thanks in advace for your help!! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Kindly Vieux Loup
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To be frank, in my view inkjet photo printers are a god sent. I used to have a dark room when I was younger and couldn't have one since (space constraints). When I got my first photo quality inkjet printer and got the first decent prints out, I was close to tears.
What do you want to do with the prints? How do you want to store/display them? One of the first things you need to answer: dye or pigment inks. Both have their pros and cons. Dye prints typically are more vibrant but they fade more easily when displayed in the open. With modern dye inks glass mounting is fine.
Pigment inks are typically less vibrant but the prints are less prone to fading on open display. Pigment printers have a reputation of being more prone to clogging, but I never had one of these so can't speak of experience. As noted by others, some modern pigment printers circulate the inks all the time to avoid clogging.
In A4 there is only 1 pigment printer, the Epson R800. In A3+ you have a choice of Epson, HP and Canon when looking for pigment printers. A3 printers are huge.
When considering dye printers, A4 printers come for almost nothing. You pay roughly as much for the printer as you would pay for the consumables included in the box. Unless you go and profile it yourself, with these you have to stick to the manufacturers inks and papers. 3rd party inks and papers are a waste of time (unless they give you a profile for your printer). You could just buy an A4 dye printer, since they are free, and see whether or not you like inkjet printing. Results from simple inkjets are very good when it comes to colour. For B&W you need something serious (including 1 or more grey inks).
A3 dye printer cost real money, but are typically slightly cheaper than A3 pigment printers.
For printer reviews go to [url="http://www.photo-i.co.uk/"]http://www.photo-i.co.uk/[/url] and visit their old side.
I prefer Canon printers to Epson (got badly burned with an Epson clogging up in the past). Since I normally do not consider Canon gear, that should tell you something.
Hope that helps.
Joachim
I am interested in getting an Epson photoprinter for A4 or maybe A3+. Has any of you experience with them. What would you recommend for A4 and A3+? I want to use them with a Nikon D300s and Capture NX2! Thanks in advace for your help!! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Kindly Vieux Loup[/quote]
To be frank, in my view inkjet photo printers are a god sent. I used to have a dark room when I was younger and couldn't have one since (space constraints). When I got my first photo quality inkjet printer and got the first decent prints out, I was close to tears.
What do you want to do with the prints? How do you want to store/display them? One of the first things you need to answer: dye or pigment inks. Both have their pros and cons. Dye prints typically are more vibrant but they fade more easily when displayed in the open. With modern dye inks glass mounting is fine.
Pigment inks are typically less vibrant but the prints are less prone to fading on open display. Pigment printers have a reputation of being more prone to clogging, but I never had one of these so can't speak of experience. As noted by others, some modern pigment printers circulate the inks all the time to avoid clogging.
In A4 there is only 1 pigment printer, the Epson R800. In A3+ you have a choice of Epson, HP and Canon when looking for pigment printers. A3 printers are huge.
When considering dye printers, A4 printers come for almost nothing. You pay roughly as much for the printer as you would pay for the consumables included in the box. Unless you go and profile it yourself, with these you have to stick to the manufacturers inks and papers. 3rd party inks and papers are a waste of time (unless they give you a profile for your printer). You could just buy an A4 dye printer, since they are free, and see whether or not you like inkjet printing. Results from simple inkjets are very good when it comes to colour. For B&W you need something serious (including 1 or more grey inks).
A3 dye printer cost real money, but are typically slightly cheaper than A3 pigment printers.
For printer reviews go to [url="http://www.photo-i.co.uk/"]http://www.photo-i.co.uk/[/url] and visit their old side.
I prefer Canon printers to Epson (got badly burned with an Epson clogging up in the past). Since I normally do not consider Canon gear, that should tell you something.
Hope that helps.
Joachim
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