Posted on 12/04/2009 5:16:10 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
I take a lot of photos, I've completely worn out 4 cameras in the last 8 years. I've gone through as many printers, all of them really too expensive to feed on my budget.
I installed a constant ink supply system recently, and I've tested it enough to predict that it will last. My greatest expense item is now the photo paper.
Print quality is excellent, I might get better results from a pro print shop, but not much better if at all.
I'm a big fan of HP printers but those little cartridges are just too expensive!
This is still a moderate volume home printing set up but it more than meets my needs.
I've never had a problem with Stratitec ink.
Thanks for the info. Btw, I enjoy your bird photos posted here.
Can you recommend a good printer that is Compatible with CISS.
I’m a little(ok alot) confused.
I like my HP D5460.
Thanks!
It’s hard to find though.
$99
I own a variety of printers, from an Epson Artisan 800 All-in-One, to a 24” Canon Prograph iPF 6200. I use a number of different color management approaches, including custom profiles from paper manufacturers, and profiles I build myself using Datacolor Spyder 3 and EFI ColorExpress. For everyday color printing of photos, CD/DVD, and the like, you cannot beat the Artisan 800/810. For fine art, or photos up to 13x19, my favorite is the 8 color Canon 19900 or the Canon Pro 9500. I own both, and they are dependable, durable, and impressive printers. I use the Canon iPF6200 with 24” x 50’ rolls of Fine Art Watercolor, Inkpress Rag, Red River Polar Matte/ Ultra Pro Satin, or Hannemule German Etching paper for very large prints. For photos on all of the printers, I prefer Illford Gallery Pearl in rolls or sheets. Lately, I have been mining the Library of Congress collection, and restoring theatrical posters, WPA posters, WWI posters, 4x5 TIFF files of WWII scenes (Rosie the Riveter and such) or American Indian Ethnographic studies from the 1900 and prior. I do all of this for fun. Without doubt, it can be tedious work, but it's my hobby, and the quality I produce is superior to any commercial glicee I have yet seen.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
BTW, I have a HP Photosmart C6280 All in One. How much does it differ from yours?
I’m curious and uninformed, so I appreciate this thread. A friend recently noted that Kodak printers are being marketed as having much lower per-page costs than H-P and others— does anyone here have experience or opinions on their recent products?
I’ve found the Kirkland glossy photo paper at COSTCO to be very good. I have used it on many photos I have sold.
It is actually my preferred paper now more than any other.
I’m not hearing good reports about Kodak print quality or printer reliability.
The C6280 uses 02 tanks and has a printhead in the printer. It uses a pump to feed the printhead through flex tubing. The image quality isn’t rated as high as it could be. The HP 02 cartridges are easy to refill but hacking the ink level indicator system is tedious. I have a ser of 02 refillable tanks for sale on Craigslist now, the printer I had that used them was a nightmare. The tanks have auto reset chips. If you want them you can have them for the postage.
The biggest flaw in the Internets is there has never been a emoticon that properly suggests gentle teasing.
You have given me a new Raison d'être </gentle teasing>
Your picture assists this observation.
I just bought one of those!!! Once in a while for some reason I get a line or lines thru the photo?
I believe Costco is carrying a slide/negative reader with a USB for converting to digital.
bookmarked for 10,000,000 photos to print.
You were too convincing, I just figured that you are so obtuse I’d have to be gentle with you!
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