[barry7]

Does anyone know the best printer, laser or inkjet, I can get for photoshop images? Price not important, just sharp images with excellent colour representation. Any suggestions appreciated.

[dfrear]

If your thinking large format, up to 60", then you may want to look at some of the professional printers like the Canon iPF9100, a snip at ~£10,000, plus inks are only about £200 each (it takes 12).

Joking aside, you may want to refine your question a little You might be best off telling us what sort of sizes you want to print?

[barry7]

Thanks for replying dfrear - I need A4 size for small amounts of work. I'm reproducing artwork so need top quality coulour. I guess laser is better than inkjet for this?

[dazza74]

Originally Posted by barry7

Thanks for replying dfrear - I need A4 size. I'm reproducing artwork so need top quality coulour. I guess laser is better than inkjet for this?

wouldn't touch laser with a barge pole inkjet all the way. Budget wise can you justify £500?

[barry7]

Thanks for the laser advice dazza, yes i could go to £500. what were you thinking of? By the way, I'm only looking at very small scale production at present.

[vulkan75]

Just so happens Ive posted for sale in the classifieds,the best A3 and under printer on the market the epson R2880

see Here if your interested

[dazza74]

That's the kind of thing your after Barry what Vulkan is selling. If your looking to sell your artwork this is the kind of printer you need that has fade resistant ink IMO.

If you were doing photo's I'd probably suggest for small production just outsourcing the printing to a professional company but with artwork you'll no doubt have a bit of fun with colour matching the artwork to the print output so could pay dividends having your own printer for proofing.

[barry7]

Looks very appropriate for what I need Vulkan, the best option I've seen so far. Thanks for the advice.

[onefivenine]

Originally Posted by vulkan75

Just so happens Ive posted for sale in the classifieds,the best A3 and under printer on the market the epson R2880

see Here if your interested

I've been *trying* to buy one of these for a while... as I've explained in your sale thread

[barry7]

Thanks a lot for your help guys, I'm a lot clearer now on what I need. By the way dazza, I've looked at outsourcing thanks but it is sooo much more expensive! And you are right, having my own printer I'm in total control of the process. Regards.

[Gingerbillc]

For A4 printing only and no intention of going to A3 sizes, keep to A4 printers and save the money for ink.
Personal preference but the best printer I've had by far is a Canon Ipixima5000. Absolutely stunning pictures and cheap to run. Epsoms have given me so much grief in the past I will never go near one again, no matter how good they are. Heads block, pictures smearing, misaligement all the time grrr. Yet others rate them the best.

[cambsno]

Very impressed with my Canon MP610. Fast but good quality too.

[Farno]

Try looking here

[dazza74]

Originally Posted by Gingerbillc

For A4 printing only and no intention of going to A3 sizes, keep to A4 printers and save the money for ink.
Personal preference but the best printer I've had by far is a Canon Ipixima5000. Absolutely stunning pictures and cheap to run. Epsoms have given me so much grief in the past I will never go near one again, no matter how good they are. Heads block, pictures smearing, misaligement all the time grrr. Yet others rate them the best.

The epson printers we are referring to are far beyond the budget range, the epson printer Vulkan is selling for example uses the same ink technology as it's 44" counterpart the epson 9880 which would set you back over £4K. It's like expecting a Nikon D40 to be made in the same way as a D3x.

[vulkan75]

Hi Dazza,Any idea's of the cost per A3 print at best quality for the R2880...I got a Q? about it in the classifieds.
Ive no idea

[dazza74]

Originally Posted by vulkan75

Hi Dazza,Any idea's of the cost per A3 print at best quality for the R2880...I got a Q? about it in the classifieds.
Ive no idea

Leave it with me mate I need to work out how much the ink cartridges cost for this and how much ink you get per cartridge, be back with a figure shortly

[dazza74]

Got a cost for you Vulkan for A3 it looks like your printer takes 11ml cartridges and these cost rougly £11 each. Working on that bases an A3 Full colour with little to no white (worst case scenario) I'd say based on what I've done in the past your looking at using 5ml of ink so would cost £5. All these are approximate though, if you doing black and white printing you could be using comfortably half or less ink a print.

[vulkan75]

Thanks Matey