Epson loses. Canon i9900 OK for pro work?

[Michael]

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If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs made
me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the Canon i9900. Is
the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!

 

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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 02:35:22 GMT, Michael
<michaelmfl@nospamforme.yahoo.com> wrote:

>If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
>photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs made
>me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the Canon i9900. Is
>the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!


The I960 might be a good investment as well for smaller format items
and keep the 9900 for your large format.

 

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Michael wrote:
> If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
> photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs
> made me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the
> Canon i9900. Is the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!

I have it (well I have the UK version) and the answer is an unequivocal yes!
If you're going to spend £500 on a printer, then you're going to get
something worth yelling about! ;o)

 

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In article <Xns9528E5CD59D6Bmichaelmflyahoocom@24.25.9.42>,
michaelmfl@nospamforme.yahoo.com says...
> If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
> photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs made
> me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the Canon i9900. Is
> the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!
>
The problem with using the Canon for selling prints is that the
print will fade much, much more quickly than prints from the
Epson. If someone buys a print intended for permanent display,
they might not be too happy if it fades in a year or so. The
print life depends on a number of factors - I'd suggest looking
at the printing forum at www.dpreview.com . A search will turn
up some good info, and you'll get a lot of replies if you post
there 🙂

 

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The Epson R800 printer has an ink droplet size of 1.5 picolitre.



"Michael" <michaelmfl@nospamforme.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9528E5CD59D6Bmichaelmflyahoocom@24.25.9.42...
> If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
> photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs made
> me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the Canon i9900.
Is
> the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!

 

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> Oh and you're wrong - all the pros (and that's no apostrophe) I know use
> Canon.

How refreshing to find someone who can actually put an apostrophe in or take
it out at the right time.
Rob Graham

 

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Robin Graham wrote:
>> Oh and you're wrong - all the pros (and that's no apostrophe) I know
>> use Canon.
>
> How refreshing to find someone who can actually put an apostrophe in
> or take it out at the right time.
> Rob Graham

I don't know whether you're being facetious and/or sarcastic or not, Robin!
;o) I'll take it that you weren't and say I had proper English usage drummed
into my skull from a very early age. Just don't get me started! If I see
another Yank write "Your welcome" again, I think I might need urgent
hospitalisation! ;o)

Thanks for the compliment (if, indeed, that's what it was. It's hard to tell
over Usenet).

 

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Michael <michaelmfl@nospamforme.yahoo.com> writes:

> If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
> photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs made
> me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the Canon i9900. Is
> the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!

In general there are a lot of people who complain that Canon's fade rapidly
(and some who don't notice a fade, particularly if they put it under glass).
One of the guys in dpreview.com's printing forum who lives in Hawaii, says his
Canon output sometimes fades within weeks.

--
Michael Meissner
email: mrmnews@the-meissners.org
http://www.the-meissners.org

 

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Michael Meissner wrote:
> Michael <michaelmfl@nospamforme.yahoo.com> writes:
>
>
>>If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
>>photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs made
>>me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the Canon i9900. Is
>>the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!
>
>
> In general there are a lot of people who complain that Canon's fade rapidly
> (and some who don't notice a fade, particularly if they put it under glass).
> One of the guys in dpreview.com's printing forum who lives in Hawaii, says his
> Canon output sometimes fades within weeks.
>

Unprotected, without a doubt prints on Canon's Photo Paper Pro faded
first in one of my simple tests.

-Taliesyn

 

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Michael Meissner <mrmnews@the-meissners.org> wrote in message news:<m3wu0v4b9w.fsf@tiktok.the-meissners.org>...
> Michael <michaelmfl@nospamforme.yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > If I had never been an Epson user I would be buying the 2200 for my
> > photography business. But I have had an Epson, and the frequent clogs made
> > me swear to never buy another. I have been checking out the Canon i9900. Is
> > the output OK to sell to clients? Thanks!
>
> In general there are a lot of people who complain that Canon's fade rapidly
> (and some who don't notice a fade, particularly if they put it under glass).
> One of the guys in dpreview.com's printing forum who lives in Hawaii, says his
> Canon output sometimes fades within weeks.

Wilhelm has the Epson 2200 prints lasting 50 years on Epson's
appropriate glossy
paper. They have the Canon BCI-6 inks (same i9900 uses) at 38 years
on Canon's Paper Pro (actually, the older pre-improved version).
Info published on
pcworld's site somewhere i think (I've posted links to it in the
past).

I've a i9900 print of my wife glued to my terminal, about half inch
from
the CRT. It's out in the open and maybe 15~20 feet from a wall of
large
windows to the sunny outside (not directly lit). It's now about 3
months
with no visible fading.

Mike

P.S. - In the hot muggy heat one can have in Hawaii (my home state)
along
with intense sunshine, I'd imagine one could really stress a
print,
especially one not "protected". Add to it some nearby ozone
generating
things (like electronic air cleaners or laser printers) and
prints
are /really/ toast. 🙂