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Had a few prints done at the local shop and the few times ive had them done i always have to take them back for one thing or another, so i was wondering what printer would be best to get to do it myself. I will want to be able to print up to A3 and want good quility (as good as you would want to by).
Hope someone can help :thumbs:
 
macky799 said:
Had a few prints done at the local shop and the few times ive had them done i always have to take them back for one thing or another, so i was wondering what printer would be best to get to do it myself. I will want to be able to print up to A3 and want good quility (as good as you would want to by).
Hope someone can help :thumbs:
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Canon would be my one I have a a4 one the ip5200 with a CIS and it great.
I know some who have Epson at club and lots have problems with them, some changing over to Canon.
 
I'm very happy with my Canon iX4000 A3+ printer. It's only the "normal" CMYK (no photo cyan, photo magenta etc) but I prefer the prints I get from it to those that come from my 6 ink (CMYK+PC & PM) s820 (also Canon) A4 one. I've sold a couple of prints from each of them and haven't had them returned, so others must be happy with the quality the produce too! I use Canon original inks in both - not cheap (not too crippling from 7dayshop though) but the one (and ONLY) time I used a compatible cart, the colours were off and the prints have all faded badly. The prints I've sold have been on Canon papers but for my own use, I use Ilford Galerie and Lidl own brand.

Not sure if they still do it but I think you used to be able to send Canon an image and they would send you back a print. If you've got a good retailer near you, you could try asking them to do you some sample prints - worst they can do is say "No".
 
Was wondering if anybody has had this printer or is there a better one for around £500 :thumbs: Canon PIXMA Pro9000
 
macky799 said:
Was wondering if anybody has had this printer or is there a better one for around £500 :thumbs: Canon PIXMA Pro9000
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I know 2 people with that printer and they rate it well, I have the older I9950 and cant fault it at all, problem is ink prices lately I have been using a online print supplier works out a lot cheaper.You can buy a lot of prints for £500:D
 
Every one to his own. I have Epson combi`s myself, because I do my own refills, or get the cartridges dirt cheap, giving excellent colours.
 
malla1962 said:
I know 2 people with that printer and they rate it well, I have the older I9950 and cant fault it at all, problem is ink prices lately I have been using a online print supplier works out a lot cheaper.You can buy a lot of prints for £500:D
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True but its the hassle if it comes back wrong you spend more time sorting the problem out, might try a online place and see what happens before i buy a printer
 
macky799 said:
True but its the hassle if it comes back wrong you spend more time sorting the problem out, might try a online place and see what happens before i buy a printer
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If you dont get it right your end it will come back wrong, I have just had 10
16X12's done for less than £20 inc postage and they are bang on.
 
malla1962 said:
If you dont get it right your end it will come back wrong, I have just had 10
16X12's done for less than £20 inc postage and they are bang on.
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I have checked my pics on several screens and they all look good and even sent one to a mate to get him to check it and he says its ok on his, all were in 3:2 ratio and i was wanting them printed at A4 they all came back dark and some had bits chopped off the pics etc cost me £40 as well not had time to take them back yet :thinking:
 
macky799 said:
I have checked my pics on several screens and they all look good and even sent one to a mate to get him to check it and he says its ok on his, all were in 3:2 ratio and i was wanting them printed at A4 they all came back dark and some had bits chopped off the pics etc cost me £40 as well not had time to take them back yet :thinking:
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I'm not surprised the pictures came back cropped - the A series of paper sizes is not in the 3:2 ratio, so pictures straight from most DSLRs will either be cropped to fit or will have a blank strip along the long side(s). Have a look AT THIS POST to see what I mean.
 
where would most people recommend to send files to get prints done? i have a local printer who does it but he can be expensive but the quality is great.!
 
Lee Eccy said:
I've been looking at buying an Epson R2880.It's £555 over @ http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146508 from what i've read the prints are stunning quality.
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They are very good printers, but you need to sell your house to fill them up with ink, dont use refill inks as your warranty will be void :)

But all epson inkjet printers use buffered memory, so can be very slow sending large image files to print.
 
Nod said:
I'm not surprised the pictures came back cropped - the A series of paper sizes is not in the 3:2 ratio, so pictures straight from most DSLRs will either be cropped to fit or will have a blank strip along the long side(s). Have a look AT THIS POST to see what I mean.
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So what ratio do i want if i want all the saved file to be printed out on A4 and A3 size :thumbs:
 
I use an Epson R2880, just installed a CIS on is last week. Good timing really as i had some posters and flyers to run off, think it would have used two sets of carts for all that and that wouldn't have been cheap! Quality was sport on.
 
A4/A3 are 1.414:1

I have a friend with the Pixma9000 you were talking about and it gives stunning results. I use an Epson R1800 and am very happy with the results but the running costs are steep.
 
macky799 said:
So what ratio do i want if i want all the saved file to be printed out on A4 and A3 size :thumbs:
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As someone's pointed out, the A series are all 1:1.414 (or, more correctly, square root of 2), with A4 measuring 297mm x 210mm and A3 being 420mm x 297mm. Resize and/or crop your photos to those dimensions at whatever resolution your print place want and you should get the whole (cropped to your choice) photo on the page.
 
grumpybadger said:
A4/A3 are 1.414:1

I have a friend with the Pixma9000 you were talking about and it gives stunning results. I use an Epson R1800 and am very happy with the results but the running costs are steep.
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Thanks Paul, so on my canon software if i crop using A size landscape or A size portrait i guess thats the right size :thumbs:
 
Luke_ said:
They are very good printers, but you need to sell your house to fill them up with ink, dont use refill inks as your warranty will be void :)

But all epson inkjet printers use buffered memory, so can be very slow sending large image files to print.
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Thanks Luke i'll keep that in mind.
 
I have the canon ip4600, and its very good, here's my story...
I first had rhe 4500, but because I used third party inks, after a few sets the colours went all bad. I.e redc instead of greens etc. I sent them back to a canon repaor centre and they just issued me with brand new 4500 and new set of inks. I did continue to use trd party inks and sent back some 3 printers in total, until the 4500 was upgraded and they gave me the 4600. Right, I decided I was going to stick to canon inks, so had a hunt aroumd and amazon sell the 3 colours inc trial canon paper for 20 quid including p &p. Thats pretty good value. Now for the two black inks, I have found that using THRD party inks is fine. Used 5 sets of black and absolitely fine. Good b&w prints too.Plus the black inks last a long time anyway. So thats what I do and it works fine. Also, using trd party inks DOES NOT invalidate the warranty. Indeed, if you are so inclined you can get a bn canon printer, use the supplied set of ink, then use cheap third party inks for a few sets until the printer does wrong colours(by the way it does wrong colours even if you then put in originals), then call up the cznon repair and they'll come collect the printer and give you a brand new, or current upgrade with a new set of inka free, all in less than a week.

Sorry I went onso long, thought Id let you know my experience!
 
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