Ready to spend serious $$ on a Photo Printer....

net1994

Well, within reason of course. I’d say my max budget is $600 or so. This pretty much narrows down the choice to the Canon Pixima Pro9000 Mk II or the Epson R1900. Here are the pros/cons I’ve seen so far:

Epson R1900 http://www.epson.com/...oType=Overview&oid=63073901&category=Products

-Pro
Best print quality for under $600 (I think)
-Can use paper rolls (though I don’t see me needing this for quite some time, if ever.)
-Archival inks. Can supposedly last 200 years on Epson paper. (I don’t really care about this too much).
-$100 rebate. But many major online stores you cannot use this at (Newegg, Amazon, etc.) So I can’t put too much stock in it.
-Has better color gamut reproduction compared to the Canon. i.e. Radiance™ technology — optimum color gamut.

Cons
-Sucks ink like it’s going out of style from what I’ve read online. Can get about 20-30 8x10”s before all cartridges needing replacement. That’s shocking.
-Many report after time the print heads clog up. (I had an Epson about 8 years ago with the same issue.) You would think for this$ kind of money, this wouldn’t be an issue.


Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II http://www.usa.canon.com/...odelInfoAct&fcategoryid=182&modelid=18122

Pros
-Much better ink usage.
Cons
-Print quality not equal to Epson. Though pretty close from what it sounds like.

I've had awesome Canon printers in the past without any issue. Wary of the Epson and its ink usage and potential clogging. Has anyone had any experience with BOTH of these printers? I would like to buy in the next 7-14 days and would love to get some input.

Has anyone seen prints from BOTH printers and can give their view on the quality output?

graham

Go Canon

net1994 wrote:

Well, within reason of course. I’d say my max budget is $600 or so. This pretty much narrows down the choice to the Canon Pixima Pro9000 Mk II or the Epson R1900. Here are the pros/cons I’ve seen so far:

Epson R1900 http://www.epson.com/...oType=Overview&oid=63073901&category=Products

-Pro
Best print quality for under $600 (I think)
-Can use paper rolls (though I don’t see me needing this for quite some time, if ever.)
-Archival inks. Can supposedly last 200 years on Epson paper. (I don’t really care about this too much).
-$100 rebate. But many major online stores you cannot use this at (Newegg, Amazon, etc.) So I can’t put too much stock in it.
-Has better color gamut reproduction compared to the Canon. i.e. Radiance™ technology — optimum color gamut.

Cons
-Sucks ink like it’s going out of style from what I’ve read online. Can get about 20-30 8x10”s before all cartridges needing replacement. That’s shocking.
-Many report after time the print heads clog up. (I had an Epson about 8 years ago with the same issue.) You would think for this$ kind of money, this wouldn’t be an issue.

I bought an Epson R1800 a couple of years ago. After the first year, I bought an ink flow system because I could not keep up with with the constant ink cartridge replacements/ cost. Even with daily usage it would clog and I figured it would be cheaper to try a flow system. Wrong. So today I put it in the trash and fired up a cheapy Canon that's been sitting there all that time and to my surprise it worked. Will never buy Epson again. JMO


Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II http://www.usa.canon.com/...odelInfoAct&fcategoryid=182&modelid=18122

Pros
-Much better ink usage.
Cons
-Print quality not equal to Epson. Though pretty close from what it sounds like.

I've had awesome Canon printers in the past without any issue. Wary of the Epson and its ink usage and potential clogging. Has anyone had any experience with BOTH of these printers? I would like to buy in the next 7-14 days and would love to get some input.

Has anyone seen prints from BOTH printers and can give their view on the quality output?

I bought an Epson R1800 a couple of years ago. Great prints, but after the first year, I bought an ink flow system because I couldn't keep up with the cost of replacing the cartridges all the time. It was in daily use, but constantly clogged so I figured the flow system would end up cheaper, even if I had to purge it more often. Wrong. Eventually threw it away and went back to a cheap Canon and now I sent my large print orders to Adorama, EZ prints or Bay Photo at half of what it was costing to do it myself.

net1994

graham wrote:

I bought an Epson R1800 a couple of years ago. Great prints, but after the first year, I bought an ink flow system because I couldn't keep up with the cost of replacing the cartridges all the time. It was in daily use, but constantly clogged so I figured the flow system would end up cheaper, even if I had to purge it more often. Wrong. Eventually threw it away and went back to a cheap Canon and now I sent my large print orders to Adorama, EZ prints or Bay Photo at half of what it was costing to do it myself.

While the Epson R1900 has 'better' prints over the Canon 9000 MK II, I think I may go with the canon. Who can say really, as a lot of the determnation of which printer has 'better' print quality is subjective of course. If the Canon is 90-95% close to what the Epson can do, then I'll run with it. And the ink consumption rate of the Epson/possibly clogged print heads are the main reason in scaring me off.

However the biggest factor is recently Canon offered a deal when buying a DSLR and you'd get huge rebate if you bought the 9000MK II. I have seen a couple on Craigslist for about $250. And they are SEALED in the box, never touched. How can I NOT do this....

That being said, would it still be wise to consider the Epson for other reasons?