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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: Anthony Howell on February 25, 2009, 11:44:54 pm

Title: Epson x900 and real world colors
Post by: Anthony Howell on February 25, 2009, 11:44:54 pm

Hello,

It is time to upgrade printers and since there are few, if no applicable, reviews — I want to solicit photographers who own an Epson 7900 or 9900 do you see a marked improvement in usable "real world colors" over the Epson x880 printers?

Do the new orange and green cartridges make a major, or minor, printing color improvement in reproducing the sometimes difficult natural landscape colors? Seems I'm always selecting and tweaking orange/red/blue greens in junipers and pine trees, along with the multitude of winter grasses orange/red yellows with the K3 ink set. Has the new HDR inks improved this conundrum?

thank you,
Anthony Howell

Ps - Color, tonalities, detail and archivability is always my primary concern...... I must be myopically autistic

Title: Epson x900 and real world colors
Post by: Mussi_Spectraflow on March 02, 2009, 05:50:40 pm

This should cover most of your questions.
http://www.spectraflow.com/product-reviews.html (http://www.spectraflow.com/product-reviews.html)

The short answer is that the gamut improvements are subtle. The speed/cost/usability/etc.. improvements are the real reason to upgrade. It think marked improvement is shooting a bit high. Check out reviews there are gamut comparisons and some real world observations.

Title: Epson x900 and real world colors
Post by: Anthony Howell on March 02, 2009, 10:44:48 pm

Quote from: Mussi_Spectraflow

This should cover most of your questions.
http://www.spectraflow.com/product-reviews.html (http://www.spectraflow.com/product-reviews.html)

The short answer is that the gamut improvements are subtle. The speed/cost/usability/etc.. improvements are the real reason to upgrade. It think marked improvement is shooting a bit high. Check out reviews there are gamut comparisons and some real world observations.

Thank you Jullian for the reply,

I was beginning to think "no reply" to my question translates into no tangible improvement in photographic real world colors.

As I am in the process of upscaling from a 7800 to a 44" printer. It was your spectraflow review that encouraged my inquiry before purchasing a 9900 - or a 9880.....
"Overall I would say that the for the photographer the expanded gamut offered by the x900 is not reason enough to justify upgrading from a 7880. Nor would I suggest that gamut should be a significant factor in choosing between an Epson 7900 and a Z3200."

Print speed, expanded number of pantone colors, 700ml ink cartridge size are non-factors to myself.

Better color rendering and a reduction of number of test prints pulled are factors worth serious consideration..... Probably buy a 9900 before the end of the month.


thank you again,
Anthony Howell

Title: Epson x900 and real world colors
Post by: snickgrr on March 03, 2009, 12:40:26 am

Quote from: Anthony Howell

Probably buy a 9900 before the end of the month.


thank you again,
Anthony Howell

Having recently purchased a 7900 through Spectraflow I must say they're attention to detail and follow up is very impressive.  My first purchase of ink from them blew me away.  I ordered in the afternoon of one day and it was at my door before 9AM the next.

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