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my epson r8oo is about knackered im thinking of changing to a canon has im fed up of blocked print nozzles every time i come to use the epson just fetched it back from being serviced and low and behold its still blocked going to speak to the engineer tommorow but to be honest ive had enough of this printer.
will be looking for a printer that will take a ciss can anyone give me some advice on which printer and which ciss i should be looking at i have been printing up to a4 but would consider a a3.
 
You may have had a problem wih your a4 Epson but the R3880 A2 Epson printer is the dogs do dah's.

I have never had a problem with the one I just sold and the print quality is excellent.
(The only reason it was sold was we bought an Epson 7900 which gives me the option of 24" prints and sheets)

If your printing is for pleasure only then it might be a bit expensive but if you are selling prints (at the right price) then it will pay for itself in no time.
 
my printer may be old, out of fashion and considered past it but it is great, was cheap and has never once let me down.
Epson P50 with a CISS,
 
clive said:
my epson r8oo is about knackered im thinking of changing to a canon has im fed up of blocked print nozzles every time i come to use the epson just fetched it back from being serviced and low and behold its still blocked going to speak to the engineer tommorow but to be honest ive had enough of this printer.
will be looking for a printer that will take a ciss can anyone give me some advice on which printer and which ciss i should be looking at i have been printing up to a4 but would consider a a3.
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How often do you print? If there are long periods between printing I doubt any make of printer will solve your problem.
 
:thinking:^^I disagree....

epson are inherently bad for this.
I haven't touched an epson since the 90's for exactly this reason.
also they waste ink imho
In fact I almost refused to sell them when I was in that arena as I didn't want unhappy customers.

Every printer does a clean when you turn it on, or turn on your computer, the route between the epson reservoir and print head is relatively long, so you're wasting ink everytime you turn it on unless you print of course. ever noticed that you haven't printed in ages but somehow your ink has been depleted by 1/4 or something daft?
Not sure? do a few deep cleans on an epson and watch the ink indicator deplete.

Canons....the print head is removable and cleanable, and replaceable.
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HP, well the print head is on the cartridge, so if you want to clean it, you can, if you want to replace it...well you do when you change carts.

I have a Canon and I had a problem recently, removed the print head, gave it a little clean, did a deep clean via the software and perfect. it's years old.
 
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epson are not inherently bad for this - my R2400 can go two months without printing and I have no problems.

the length of from the cart to the head is irrelavent as once you charge the system its full of ink.

and you don't use 1/4 of your ink either
 
Each cartridge ranges from £35 to £40 depending where you get them, the prices change all the time. The eight cartridges are 80ml and obviously depending on output last quite a while.

Our new printer has 11 cartridges plus a maintenance tank and cost over £1000 to fill up but charging the right price for prints makes the grand insignificant.
 
I needed to print up to A3 so I have just changed my printer. My original was a Canon MG6150 AIO, I now have a Canon iX6550, both excellent printers.

I now have no use for my MG6150 so will be putting it up for sale in the near future.

I once had a couple of HP's and had numerous problems with them, so that's when I changed to Canon, best move I have made.
 
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Each cartridge ranges from £35 to £40 depending where you get them, the prices change all the time. The eight cartridges are 80ml and obviously depending on output last quite a while.
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I'm thinking of getting a 3880 - did you ever work out the (average) ink cost per print?
 
I have a Canon Pro 9000 on CISS had it probably 30 months or so had one block in that time but cleared easy. Prior to that always had Epson bought the Canon as i was fed up of ink blockage.

I saw snapalot selling the 3880 at the time i could not justify spending the money wish i had done so now. I would only really fancy risking an Epson again if it started with a 3 so 3800 3880.

One last point with Canon if you wish to sell used it will feel you are loosing a lot compared to an Epson but remember you pay a lot less for it as well.
 
Excellent question I only think so after speaking with X Rite they seem to think so. Other good thing is size of cartridge.

You can get refillable cartridge for the 3800 and I think so for the other as well.

Checked reviews they come out well.
 
clive said:
my epson r8oo is about knackered im thinking of changing to a canon has im fed up of blocked print nozzles every time i come to use the epson just fetched it back from being serviced and low and behold its still blocked going to speak to the engineer tommorow but to be honest ive had enough of this printer.......
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Clive, this is exactly the reason I swapped from an Epson printer to a Canon one and have been very happy with it, indeed, even father in law bought same model as he was impressed with the results...
 
We never had a problem with the R3880 we had which has gone to a good home to a fellow member on this forum.

Price per print (A4) worked out about £1-£1.50 depending on media and quality settings.
Most of the reprints we printed retailed at £18 each for a 10x8, £35 for a 20x16 and £45 for an A2 print but all that is dependent on your market.
 
Thanks for the info Brian - those are the figures I was looking for. :)
 
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