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Hi All,

I want to buy a printer that I can use to print off pictures in A3 good enough for weddings.

I've been using an old printer and whilst it's ok, it drinks ink and the colours are very red, meaning I have to seriously alter the colour balance in photoshop to get anywhere near nice pictures.

This also degrades my IQ alot.

I need an upgrade, and would appreciate your advice,

Thanks,

Dan
 
Now then Dan..... (of uk8ball fame I presume)

I have a Epson 7600 and a R2880 - I have little experience of any other printers but the R2880 is incredibly good and would suit you down to the ground - you will need a CIS - I use Lyson.
 
is your monitor correctly profiled and are you using the correct profiles for the ink and paper combo.

what sort of volume of prints are we talking about
 
JAY!!! good man, thanks for the advice.

Guilty as charged mate.

I'm 100% confident my screen profile is wrong, but I need to update the printer anyway.

Thanks Guys,

Dan
 
I use the Canon Pro 9000 and am very pleased with the results.
 
The two standard ranges everyone will tell you to look at for A3 Printer are Epson and Canon (9000 and 9500). Both makes are good. The epson probably have the advantage in speed at the moment, but the canon's are a bit more frugal with ink. Choosing between them on image quality is pretty much impossible.
 
Use good paper for printinf not crap brands, or simply buy the i1 profile kit and start doing your one paper profiles for you printer,, and dont forget to calibrate the monitor, every 15 days or in the best every week.
 
Any of the mentioned printers will provide good quality prints, but inkjets for weddings? Surely your customers deserve better than inkjets!
 
if you're printing for fun then inkjet is fine but if I was printing for paying customers, I would send off the prints for next day delivery on pro printing dye-sub laser thingamagig stuff tbh.
esp wedding shots which are meant to really last and be top notch.
also it's a lot less outlay and easier for any business model to cope with
 
snapzz said:
Any of the mentioned printers will provide good quality prints, but inkjets for weddings? Surely your customers deserve better than inkjets!
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my R2400 produces better quality prints that last longer compared to online printers. inkjets also give a greater choice of papers too. the only thing going for online places like DSCL is the cost for small prints.
 
I've been considering a canon pro9000 . What are people experiences with these ? Is it worth spending more on the 9500 or the epson R2880 . ( Why can't you find anywhere that demos printers anymore .)
 
you can't use a CIS with the 9500pro - I would go for the epson R2880 and a fotospeed CIS.
 
DaydreamJay said:
What is wrong with inkjets?
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POAH said:
my R2400 produces better quality prints that last longer compared to online printers.
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Then try using a pro lab. If you pay for a premium product you can then sell at a premium price. Each image individually colour corrected on colour-managed workstations to achieve maximum quality. These can give a life span of over 75 years, can inkjets match that?
 
snapzz said:
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Then try using a pro lab. If you pay for a premium product you can then sell at a premium price. Each image individually colour corrected on colour-managed workstations to achieve maximum quality. These can give a life span of over 75 years, can inkjets match that?
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If you manage your own profiles and calibrations, and if the manufacturers numbers are right some are 100 years of life .
 
snapzz said:
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Then try using a pro lab. If you pay for a premium product you can then sell at a premium price. Each image individually colour corrected on colour-managed workstations to achieve maximum quality. These can give a life span of over 75 years, can inkjets match that?
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pigment inks are better

standard method of printing using fuji frontier system image will last approx 40 years behind glass compared to >250 years for HP viveria ink and paper, 85 years for epson HDR pigment inks, around 100 years for canon lucia pigment inks. obviously these are accelerated tests but they are tested under the same conditions. pigment inks have 3x greater dark storage permancy too.
 
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