What printer do you have / would you buy?

CrispinCrispin Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
edited December 8, 2005 in Digital Darkroom
Greetings all,

I have been told I am getting a printer for christmas :clap and I have to choose the one I want.
The budget is around £150 but I will match it so I'm looking at around £300.

Any suggestions?
Am considering the Epson R1800.


Cheers,
Crispin
Cheers,
Crispin
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    Mate i'll help you out a bit here...we are a tad multi-ling..linggual..we are from all over the place.

    Guys £300 thats :

    520 USD
    442 €
    695 AUD
    3284 ZAR
    976 NLG
    2409 ILS
    28084 PHP
  • CrispinCrispin Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Mate i'll help you out a bit here...we are a tad multi-ling..linggual..we are from all over the place.

    Guys £300 thats :

    520 USD
    442 €
    695 AUD
    3284 ZAR
    976 NLG
    2409 ILS
    28084 PHP
    Or:
    127,430.55 Zimbabwe Dollars :D
    Cheers,
    Crispin
    http://crispin.smugmug.com
    SQL Mechanic
  • ShannonWShannonW Registered Users Posts: 248 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    Hey, I have the R1800 and I LOVE IT. I recently met with about 30 other wedding photographers and brought my portfolio. They were all very impressed with the quality of prints and paper (besides the ones that actually used the same printer). Hope this helps!

    Oh, and the luster paper is the best!
  • CrispinCrispin Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    ShannonW wrote:
    Hey, I have the R1800 and I LOVE IT. I recently met with about 30 other wedding photographers and brought my portfolio. They were all very impressed with the quality of prints and paper (besides the ones that actually used the same printer). Hope this helps!

    Oh, and the luster paper is the best!
    So far that's what I have heard.
    I like the fact that it's single tanks and they have a grey tank.
    How do B&W prints come out? Any colour cast?
    I had a cannon that printed BB&W nicely. (BBW: Black, Blue and White) headscratch.gif
    Cheers,
    Crispin
    http://crispin.smugmug.com
    SQL Mechanic
  • gsgarygsgary Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    Or 150 pints of beer:D
    Humungus wrote:
    Mate i'll help you out a bit here...we are a tad multi-ling..linggual..we are from all over the place.

    Guys £300 thats :

    520 USD
    442 €
    695 AUD
    3284 ZAR
    976 NLG
    2409 ILS
    28084 PHP
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    Crispin wrote:
    Or:
    127,430.55 Zimbabwe Dollars :D
    I think it may be a bit higher than that.

    Ive still got a receipt from last year where i bought a coke & a glass of house wine for my wife & it was $25 000.
  • ShannonWShannonW Registered Users Posts: 248 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    Crispin wrote:
    So far that's what I have heard.
    I like the fact that it's single tanks and they have a grey tank.
    How do B&W prints come out? Any colour cast?
    I had a cannon that printed BB&W nicely. (BBW: Black, Blue and White) headscratch.gif

    Hey Crispin, Sorry about the delayed response. Yes, it prints B&W well. I have had trouble with the glossy paper. But I don't really like glossy anyway! Are you gonna get it?
  • CrispinCrispin Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2005
    Yup, me thinks me will get it.

    Trying to tell myself that I don't need an A3 printer and that A4 is fine but A3 is sooo much cooler :D.

    How's the ink consumption? I like the fact that it has single tanks and even they are not to expensive.
    Cheers,
    Crispin
    http://crispin.smugmug.com
    SQL Mechanic
  • CrispinCrispin Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2005
    A bit of a newbi question...
    The R1800 has a print of "5760 x 1440 optimised dpi" on A3.
    The Canon MP500 has 9600 x 2400
    The Canon iP8500 has 4800 x 2400

    Seeing as I will mostly be printing at A4 or less, would the mp500 not be a better buy?
    If the DPI on the Epson is lower than that of the canon, would the print not be pixelated? Even worse considering it's a A3.

    Help! ne_nau.gif

    Cheers,
    Crispin
    Cheers,
    Crispin
    http://crispin.smugmug.com
    SQL Mechanic
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