Epson Printer Recommendation
For over 11 years I have used an Epson 2200 with virtually no problems! It has been wonderful to print professional images up to 13 x 19 inches. I think its about time to get a new one. I want to s...
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I don't have any suggestions on a new Epson printer... I'll share my experience with past printers... I have three Epson wide printers, and I love their output, but currently I'm really cheesed off at how finicky the print heads are. Right now, I wouldn't buy another Epson.
My latest is an R3000, 13x19 with an 8 color process with pigment based inks. The paper handling and loading process is awesome, and the print quality blows me away every time, I bought this printer to print on "fine art" type media (Epson Cold Press Bright is fantastic). BUT... for whatever reason, Epson equipped the printer with 9 ink tanks, but decided to make gloss and matte black share the 8th print head, and the nozzles have started jamming every time I switch black inks.
The R3000 replaced an R1900 which was a 13x19 6 color process with pigment ink, but had matte black ink plus a "gloss enhancer" when gloss black was required. The 1900 was replaced because it didn't support fine art paper. The 1900 nozzles liked to jamb up too, much ink was wasted on cleaning runs... and doing a Windex flush got to be a common occurrence.
The oldest Epson I have is a 1400, which is 13x19, 6 color, but uses dye based ink. It is really limited on paper selection and doesn't support roll stock at all, but it can sit and sit and sit, yet fire it up and it'll print just fine. That dye based ink doesn't seem to jamb nozzles like the pigment ink does.
My latest is an R3000, 13x19 with an 8 color process with pigment based inks. The paper handling and loading process is awesome, and the print quality blows me away every time, I bought this printer to print on "fine art" type media (Epson Cold Press Bright is fantastic). BUT... for whatever reason, Epson equipped the printer with 9 ink tanks, but decided to make gloss and matte black share the 8th print head, and the nozzles have started jamming every time I switch black inks.
The R3000 replaced an R1900 which was a 13x19 6 color process with pigment ink, but had matte black ink plus a "gloss enhancer" when gloss black was required. The 1900 was replaced because it didn't support fine art paper. The 1900 nozzles liked to jamb up too, much ink was wasted on cleaning runs... and doing a Windex flush got to be a common occurrence.
The oldest Epson I have is a 1400, which is 13x19, 6 color, but uses dye based ink. It is really limited on paper selection and doesn't support roll stock at all, but it can sit and sit and sit, yet fire it up and it'll print just fine. That dye based ink doesn't seem to jamb nozzles like the pigment ink does.
