44" low-volume photo inkjet printer?
44" low-volume photo inkjet printer?
- Subject: 44" low-volume photo inkjet printer?
- From: Ben Goren <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:39:40 -0700
So, my Canon iPF8100 is on its last legs. It's served me not-miserably for several years...when it's worked, it's printed wonderfully, but I've also had to replace the logic board and I've gone through way more print heads than is reasonable.
I don't do a lot of volume, and it's not unheard of for me to not need to use it for a couple months or so. I've been religious about printing at least a 36" x 11" test page with lots color usage at least once a week...but that doesn't seem to have spared me all that much in the way of headaches. Maybe being in Arizona doesn't help? It's air conditioned and kept at no more than about 80°F / 27°C, but we basically have zero humidity.
Can anybody recommend a replacement that might have a better chance for survival?
The print quality of the iPF8100 is, again, just fine for my needs -- though, of course, I'd always welcome a wider gamut. Better paper handling (including straight-through) wouldn't suck, but, again, I can manage with no worse than the iPF8100. Operations cost is high on the list...something friendly (or at least not excessively hostile) to third-party ink would be nice, including printheads that don't die unreasonably soon. Any other features would be mostly irrelevant; the iPF8100 is fast enough, has enough job accounting, and so on. I pretty much just need 44", photo quality, and not likely to die or otherwise eat me alive in maintenance and repairs.
It looks like Canon and Epson remain the only big players. I wouldn't rule out other manufacturers, but I'd need some compelling reason to consider an alternative.
Thanks,
b&
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