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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2016, 06:06:04 pm »

Is this meant to be a joke?
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2016, 07:01:34 pm »

Hi Huffie,

I'm up the road from you in Yosemite...

Double-check with whatever printer you get to make sure it will work with your old 10.7...

For service when it becomes time, Pacific Office Products in Sacramento is the place to take your packable printer or have him come out for larger.

In the 15-plus years I've used Epson, My 2000P went in two times to have the waste pads cleaned and then reset before it died and was replaced with a 3880 five years ago. It made one trip in for the black switch-over defect...My 9900 (2nd hand) just got serviced by POP this year, probably it's second-ever service.

Now I started with the desk-top printers and after a couple of years I bumped up a size to do larger prints and canvas. The last size bump up was to a 9800 then four years later to the 9900 with heavy-duty cutter for canvas. I simply outgrew the smaller printers for many products and a lot of my prints were from lower-res cameras... If you are happier with sheet feed, go for it. If you want to run rolls, canvas, more economically-priced inks, then move up to the 24" and larger printers, depending on how many friends you have to help you unpack and set it up.
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2016, 12:41:29 pm »

... The inks do last a long time - well beyond their expiry dates, so even printing relatively low volume, if one can make use of the 24 inch carriage ...

Hi Mark,

Interesting what you wrote, see above quote.

Any experience how much above the expiry date ?

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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2016, 01:13:21 pm »

For the Epson 4900 inkset, at least several years.
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #24 on: October 01, 2016, 01:20:06 pm »

For the Epson 4900 inkset, at least several years.

Hi Mark,

Interesting and so one could assume that expiry date can be more or less ignored and is a selling argument for the ink producers ?

It would be nice to hear more experiences from the people who print here, but of course that is a risk when using expensive papers, just to know how much longer do the inks last  :) I guess one has to balance out waste ink or waste paper  :-\
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #25 on: October 01, 2016, 01:36:12 pm »

Hi Mark,

Interesting and so one could assume that expiry date can be more or less ignored and is a selling argument for the ink producers ?


I don't deal in hypothetical conspiracies. Perhaps there is some risk using expired inks that the companies are protecting themselves from; I just don't happen to know what it is and haven't had a problem with this - yet.
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #26 on: October 01, 2016, 01:58:14 pm »

I don't deal in hypothetical conspiracies. Perhaps there is some risk using expired inks that the companies are protecting themselves from; I just don't happen to know what it is and haven't had a problem with this - yet.

It was just a guess from my side  ;D and not thought to sound like a conspiracy theory  8)

When I still had my EPSON 7500 I did not care about expiry dates and it was interesting reading you mentioning it.  :)

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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2016, 02:04:41 pm »

OK Rainer, not to put too fine a point on it - dealing in ink is what we all love to hate, so if I have brought you some good news that corresponds with your own previous experience that is all to the better  :-)
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #28 on: October 01, 2016, 05:36:23 pm »

Over the nine years I owned and used my 3800, I know there have been times when I was using cartridges at least three or four years old, but I never observed any print problems from old ink.

The 3800 was so reliable for a long time that I found myself wasting ink and paper typically two or three times a year at most because I never did routine nozzle checks until a print was ruined. This was rare enough so that I always vowed to do daily checks, which I would then do for a couple of weeks, and then forget for another few months.

With my new P800 I fully intend to do a nozzle check at least once a week, or if I haven't printed for a month or two.
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #29 on: October 01, 2016, 06:01:56 pm »

Over the nine years I owned and used my 3800, I know there have been times when I was using cartridges at least three or four years old, but I never observed any print problems from old ink.

The 3800 was so reliable for a long time that I found myself wasting ink and paper typically two or three times a year at most because I never did routine nozzle checks until a print was ruined. This was rare enough so that I always vowed to do daily checks, which I would then do for a couple of weeks, and then forget for another few months.

With my new P800 I fully intend to do a nozzle check at least once a week, or if I haven't printed for a month or two.

Eric, every one's experience will differ depending on environmental and usage conditions, but I'm finding my P800 needs to be used at least every five days or so, otherwise at least one channel (strangely it is usually LLK) will show some blank nozzles in the check pattern. One cleaning cycle is normally enough to bring it back perfectly. In light of this I make sure to print at least a small something within a five day interval, and I do perform a nozzle check before each print session.
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #30 on: October 01, 2016, 08:07:47 pm »

I print large scale landscapes and my printer of choice is the HP Z3100 ( 24" and 44" ). I travel a lot and leave the printers alone for up to a month without any clogging issues. I leave the printers on all the time, they go through their scheduled cleaning cycles and then go back to sleep. I'm getting very good results on both canvas and paper...especially in B&W. If you don't plan on printing on a regular basis ( at least once a week if not more often ), I totally recommend the HP printers as they can sit for over a month and not need any cleaning.
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #32 on: October 01, 2016, 08:53:30 pm »

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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #33 on: October 01, 2016, 09:27:48 pm »

Eric, every one's experience will differ depending on environmental and usage conditions, but I'm finding my P800 needs to be used at least every five days or so, otherwise at least one channel (strangely it is usually LLK) will show some blank nozzles in the check pattern. One cleaning cycle is normally enough to bring it back perfectly. In light of this I make sure to print at least a small something within a five day interval, and I do perform a nozzle check before each print session.
Thanks for that tip, Mark.
I will try to get into the habit of doing something at least every five days, as I'm hoping to keep this as long as my 3800.
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2016, 07:30:33 am »

Thanks for that tip, Mark.
I will try to get into the habit of doing something at least every five days, as I'm hoping to keep this as long as my 3800.

Hi Eric,

If you're on Windows (or on Mac OS with Parallels), you can automate the process quite easily with Qimage Ultimate. It has an option for producing a Scheduled Unclog Pattern print, at an interval you can set up yourself.

Cheers,
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2016, 08:36:14 am »

Hi Eric,

If you're on Windows (or on Mac OS with Parallels), you can automate the process quite easily with Qimage Ultimate. It has an option for producing a Scheduled Unclog Pattern print, at an interval you can set up yourself.

Cheers,
Bart
Hi Bart,

That sounds like a great idea as I get more and more forgetful. I even have Q Ultimate but haven't ever really explored it, since my printing habits are so tied to LightRoom.
Yes, I'm on Win 10.

I will give it a try.
Thanks!

Eric
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Re: Which printer for large scale landscapes?
« Reply #36 on: October 11, 2016, 08:14:11 pm »

I would like to thank everyone who responded to my question. You answer my questions and more!
Something tells me i am going to be spending to much time here..cheers!
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