A3 Printer

W

WN2010

Suspended / Banned
Messages
43
Edit My Images
No
Hi people. I'm advised this is the best place on the net to ask photography questions so here we are.

Looking for a bit of advice on a top quality printer for up to A3 or maybe A2 if the right printer was available.

I'm prepared to pay a little extra for a printer now and save later on the prints. Until now I have printed all my smaller prints (up to A4) and had A3 copies printed from other online printing sources.

Thanks.
 
Epson do some good A3 size printers, such as the R2880. However this has the price tag of around £450. They also do the SP1400 and the R1800, priced at about £250 and £350 respectively.

I can't comment on the Canon range as I have not used them, but I have the 2880 which works fine and accommodates rolls as well as sheets, plus some of the thicker "Art" papers that are on the market.

To got to A2 you are looking at a significant increase in purchase price, so you need to do a lot of A2 prints to justify it.

You might want to check out the Photo-i web site as the specialise in printer reviews and often do side by side comparisons

http://www.photo-i.co.uk/
 
A2 Epson, A3/A3+ Canon imo..;)
 
Hi, I'm currently using a Canon pro 9000 for all my printing needs.
This is a A3 printer of extremely good quality, I also understand that the Epson version is good quality as well.
The Canon pro 9000 like the Epson retells out of about £450.
Well worth every penny, I haven't looked back since I have purchased the 9000.
There must be something about Canon as I have three other printers or from Canon.
I have been using the original print cartridges which are very expensive, just recently found that I can buy cheaper ones on Amazon. Haven't yet used yet hopefully will get a good result.
 
if you intend to use OE carts then an epson 3880pro is the better deal since once you take into account the cost of ink it works out cheaper than the R2880.

I use an R2400 with a fotospeed CIS - ink costs are dramtically cheaper.
 
There is a big step up in cost between the A3 and A2 units, but this is offset by the lower running costs and they tend to be built to do a lot more work. The Canon IPF5100 is a very good A2 unit, plus it gives you the flexibility of the Roll feeder as well. Annoyingly they haven't updated it with the Lucia EX inks yet, but it is still a very good printer.

Epson have the 4900, which is fairly new, but is about £1000 more than the Canon!
 
You can get the Canon Pixma Pro9000 MkII at around £350 at the moment (search Amazon) less £100 cash back = £250 net.

That's where my money's going come payday.
 
We use the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 in our studio and to be honest I can't fault it.
Epson Ink is about £450 to replace the lot but the quality is excellent and well worth the initial investment.

All of our stuff up to A2 is printed on it and never had a complaint yet, even on the "speed" setting the results outshine most printers and no I don't work for Epson part time.
 
I have an Epson 1400 prints >A3 with an Ebay cis system, great printer have had no problems with it, I go on holiday for 4 weeks every year and return with no clogging issues
Dave
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top