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skasol wrote:
what is your printer of choice for home printing, family shots, etc.
Thank you. I was thinking the canon large format
The Epson 3880 is certainly a wonderful printer. However, if you don't need 17" print, at least on a regular basis, the Canon Pro 100 could be a very inexpensive option for up to 13" prints.
While there's no doubt the 3880 is a better printer, it also costs about $1000. You can often get the Canon Pro 100 for $100 or less after rebate (I got mine for free AR as a lens+printer+paper bundle). I bought refill inks from Precision Colors and the quality has been excellent. I can't claim that the refill ink will last as long but there's no difference in quality that I can tell. I also bought an ink cartridge resetter to reset the ink level monitoring chips every time I refilled. This lets the software monitor ink levels and avoid accidental damages to the print head (because it tries to keep printing while there's no more ink). For a total of about $100 (printer, paper, chip resetter, refill ink and accessories), I've been making my own prints for more than a year and I think I still have enough refill ink for another year.
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