Looking to purchase a wide carriage printer in the very near future. Minimum width needed is 24". Would prefer 36"+ wide if it isn't a bunch more than a comparable 24" model.
The printer will be used for printing images for display in a gallery, including but not limited to:
Color prints, mostly outdoor / nature, printed on gloss papers and some matte / semi gloss. Smallest display print will be 24" on the shortest dimension
Black & White prints, mostly outdoor stuff, matte finished / semi gloss, smallest probably 20" on the shortest dimension
Reproductions of artwork in color and black and white, oil paintings, pastels, watercolors, on canvas and watercolor type papers. Sizes from tiny to the max width available from the printer.
I want a printer that produces the best that the industry can offer for color and black and white prints (short of a dedicated B&W printer for those) and is relatively easy to maintain if there is such a thing. I have never owned or used a wide format printer, but I have grown to hate all my Epson printers, so I am hesitant to even consider another one unless they have made some major changes in the last 5 years which I supposed leaves me with Canon and HP, but which models should I be looking at?
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My search on here for 24" Printer or 36" Printers comes up empty. My Google searches have been disappointing.
What I don't want to do is overlook a printer that I SHOULD have gotten simply because my Google and analytical skills stink. I am hoping that someone can point me to a page where the latest 24" and 36"+ photo printers are reviewed / compared. Certainly such places exists, but I am not having any luck finding them.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.
Regards,
Don