On Site Printing, Which Printer Do You Use

[gpgyo]

If you do on site printing, what printer do you use and how happy are you with it? Thinking of upgrading to another printer? Which one, why?

Thanks,
Greg

[ndsimm]

I have two: an epson CX5200 all in one that does a great job with 8x10's and an HP 7660 that does even better and has a 4x6 tray as well. I like the Epson mainly for the ability to change individual inks, but print quality on both is very good....not custom lab good, but good...

[Noe]

I have the Canon i900D. Great pics, and comes with a 4x6 tray.

Noe

[Ross]

I use an Epson R1800 and it is fabulous! Largest photo size i have printed is 8 1/2 by 11 i believe and it was just great, color representation was true to a calibrated monitor with printer icc profiles, etc. Used glossy paper and it is not faded at all with over 100 year archival time.

I have noticed minor "pizza cutter" "roller" markings on some of the prints, but honestly it is very hard to tell they are there unless the print catches the right light. I have not had time to research the problem any, so i do not know if it is a recurring issue, etc -- but it is rather annoying in some case.

But, overall print quality is better than labs do it and the printer can print BIG sizes, although it does have a very large footprint.

-Ross

[Jim Victory]

I use the Canon i9900. Prints up to 13x19.

I use this printer onsite at a number of venues. It is large but portable.

[Roy]

I use a Canon i960. Does a great job I think but the largest print size is 8 1/2"x11". I guess I'll go to an outside print source for anything larger.

[lucian]

I'm using the Epson R300 and getting great results, especially on my portrait work (PS CS).

I have an inexpensive HP 7450 on the internet machine. It produces excellent quality on photos but I've only used it for 4x6 and below (Elements 1). I have not used it for any of my portrait work though I have printed some 5x7's of Ft. Concho/reenactors with very pleasing results.

I'd recommend the Epson R300 for serious work.

[HighPlainsDox]

Originally Posted by gpgyo

If you do on site printing, what printer do you use and how happy are you with it? Thinking of upgrading to another printer? Which one, why?

I have the HP PSC1315, and it does quite well, even with the basic color cartridge. I can't afford to upgrade. AAMOF, I just bought it a couple months ago. :)

[LoungeLizard]

I have a Canon i900d (previously mentioned) and it does a great job.

[mattchow]

canon pixma 8500. love it.

[gpgyo]

Originally Posted by Jim Victory

I use the Canon i9900. Prints up to 13x19.

I use this printer onsite at a number of venues. It is large but portable.

Jim,

Can you let me know about how many 8X10 prints can be made with a set of ink on Canon Photo Paper Pro at the highest quality setting? I am most seriously considering the i9900.

Thanks,
Greg

[Jim Victory]

Originally Posted by gpgyo

Jim,

Can you let me know about how many 8X10 prints can be made with a set of ink on Canon Photo Paper Pro at the highest quality setting? I am most seriously considering the i9900.

Thanks,
Greg

Greg,

It is really hard to determine how many prints you can get from a set of inks because I will usually go through 2-3 cartridges of the Photo Magenta and Photo Cyan before I run out of one of the other colors.

If I had to guess it would be about 30. I print 13x19 too so they usually get mixed in with the other count.

I use Canon Paper but I use third party inks. I can get the ink in bulk at a 10th of the cost of Canon and there is absolutely no difference in color rendition at all.

I get the Canon paper at 50% of retail so that is why I chose to use it rather than third party. A very good third party paper to use with the i9900 is Ilford Pearl. They provide printer profiles for their paper online.