Printer advice

On 1/4/2018 1:29 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 1/3/2018 2:32 PM, philo wrote:
I am looking to replace my Epson P600

It's only three years old but clogs often and takes a lot of ink to
clear.

My previous printer was an Epson and worked flawlessly for six years
or more.


At one time Epson was supposed to be a top of the line printer, but
now most of my friends who do this professionally say I really should
look into Canon.



It will be used for color and B&W printing, no larger than 13" X 19".


Right now I am looking at the specs for both theÂ*Â* ip8720Â*Â* and P400


any recommendations?


I do not need and "fancy" features such as roll printing, wireless or
network capabilities.


Quality of the print is what's important.


Thanks


NOTE: Perhaps just some pointers to how to troubleshoot my current
printer might be all that's needed



I did a lot of number crunching. Unless I am making a special print for
someone's wall, I found that Costco costs about the same as my own
printer, and the goofs are on them. i had some images hanging in a local
library competition. Someone inquired about the cost. The email addy was
from a no kill dog shelter. I gave them the image, complete with frame.
The woman was pleasantly surprised. I did have to do the image on matte
paper, and put a slight color cast, because of the lighting in the
location she wanted it hung.
Overall, I have found Costco fairly good and accurate, if you use their
printing profiles.




If I need a print larger than what our printer can do, I have a friend
who has a studio near here that has a large format printer.

Because I maintain his computers, he will do prints for me by barter.


That said, it is essential we do the printing here.


When my wife is working on a painting, she may draw a dozen mock-ups on
her Wacom and print them out.
The printer gets used for more than just final photo prints

On 1/4/2018 3:50 PM, philo wrote:
On 1/4/2018 1:29 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 1/3/2018 2:32 PM, philo wrote:
I am looking to replace my Epson P600

It's only three years old but clogs often and takes a lot of ink to
clear.

My previous printer was an Epson and worked flawlessly for six years
or more.


At one time Epson was supposed to be a top of the line printer, but
now most of my friends who do this professionally say I really should
look into Canon.



It will be used for color and B&W printing, no larger than 13" X 19".


Right now I am looking at the specs for both theÂ*Â* ip8720Â*Â* and P400


any recommendations?


I do not need and "fancy" features such as roll printing, wireless or
network capabilities.


Quality of the print is what's important.


Thanks


NOTE: Perhaps just some pointers to how to troubleshoot my current
printer might be all that's needed



I did a lot of number crunching. Unless I am making a special print
for someone's wall, I found that Costco costs about the same as my own
printer, and the goofs are on them. i had some images hanging in a
local library competition. Someone inquired about the cost. The email
addy was from a no kill dog shelter. I gave them the image, complete
with frame. The woman was pleasantly surprised. I did have to do the
image on matte paper, and put a slight color cast, because of the
lighting in the location she wanted it hung.
Overall, I have found Costco fairly good and accurate, if you use
their printing profiles.




If I need a print larger than what our printer can do, I have a friend
who has a studio near here that has a large format printer.

Because I maintain his computers, he will do prints for me by barter.


That said, it is essential we do the printing here.


When my wife is working on a painting, she may draw a dozen mock-ups on
her Wacom and print them out.
The printer gets used for more than just final photo prints

OK

--
PeterN

On 01/04/2018 03:49 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 1/4/2018 3:50 PM, philo wrote:
On 1/4/2018 1:29 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 1/3/2018 2:32 PM, philo wrote:
I am looking to replace my Epson P600





If I need a print larger than what our printer can do, I have a friend
who has a studio near here that has a large format printer.

Because I maintain his computers, he will do prints for me by barter.


That said, it is essential we do the printing here.


When my wife is working on a painting, she may draw a dozen mock-ups
on her Wacom and print them out.
The printer gets used for more than just final photo prints

OK



After discussing with my wife:
It seems the reason it clogged was due to the fact that it sat for
nearly six months unused!


I am going to make sure she does at least one print every few weeks.


I have hundreds of JPG's I would not mind printing out 4" x 6" and
keeping in an album.

On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 13:32:16 -0600, philo wrote:

I am looking to replace my Epson P600

It's only three years old but clogs often and takes a lot of ink to clear.

I have had an Epson P800 for a year or so now and have never had it
clog. Two questions immediately come to mind:

1. How do you turn it off? Do you just shut the power off at the wall
or do you shut it down from the control panel?

2. What ink are you using?


My previous printer was an Epson and worked flawlessly for six years or
more.


At one time Epson was supposed to be a top of the line printer, but now
most of my friends who do this professionally say I really should look
into Canon.



It will be used for color and B&W printing, no larger than 13" X 19".


Right now I am looking at the specs for both the ip8720 and P400


any recommendations?


I do not need and "fancy" features such as roll printing, wireless or
network capabilities.


Quality of the print is what's important.


Thanks


NOTE: Perhaps just some pointers to how to troubleshoot my current
printer might be all that's needed

--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 09:53:01 -0600, philo wrote:

On 1/4/2018 12:19 AM, Frank Williams wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 20:46:41 +0100, android wrote:

Forwarded to comp.periphs.printers.



NOTE: Perhaps just some pointers to how to troubleshoot my current
printer might be all that's needed

Keep the printer cool and power it off with the on/off button. not the
mains switch.

Canon are bubble jet printers and the print heads burn out





My wife indeed powers it off with the switch. It has not been used
enough for the heads to be "burned out."

That is a major part of your problem. If you power it down from the
control panel the printer parks the print head and then caps it. If
you just shut it down the ink in the nozzles will dry and clog them.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 06/01/2018 08:38, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 09:53:01 -0600, philo wrote:

On 1/4/2018 12:19 AM, Frank Williams wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 20:46:41 +0100, android wrote:

Forwarded to comp.periphs.printers.



NOTE: Perhaps just some pointers to how to troubleshoot my current
printer might be all that's needed

Keep the printer cool and power it off with the on/off button. not the
mains switch.

Canon are bubble jet printers and the print heads burn out





My wife indeed powers it off with the switch. It has not been used
enough for the heads to be "burned out."

That is a major part of your problem. If you power it down from the
control panel the printer parks the print head and then caps it. If
you just shut it down the ink in the nozzles will dry and clog them.

I have no doubt that you are 100% correct, Eric ..........

BUT .......

How do you KNOW that?

Do tell! :-)

--
David B.

In article , David B.
wrote:

Keep the printer cool and power it off with the on/off button. not the
mains switch.


My wife indeed powers it off with the switch. It has not been used
enough for the heads to be "burned out."

That is a major part of your problem. If you power it down from the
control panel the printer parks the print head and then caps it. If
you just shut it down the ink in the nozzles will dry and clog them.

I have no doubt that you are 100% correct, Eric ..........

he is

BUT .......

How do you KNOW that?

because he's not as stupid as you are.

On 06/01/2018 16:10, nospam wrote:
In article , David B.
wrote:

Keep the printer cool and power it off with the on/off button. not the
mains switch.


My wife indeed powers it off with the switch. It has not been used
enough for the heads to be "burned out."

That is a major part of your problem. If you power it down from the
control panel the printer parks the print head and then caps it. If
you just shut it down the ink in the nozzles will dry and clog them.

I have no doubt that you are 100% correct, Eric ..........

he is

That's what I said, dopey!

BUT .......

How do you KNOW that?

because he's not as stupid as you are.

Tell us, why do you display *YOUR* stupidity for all and sundry to see?

This is *NOT* a rhetorical question. Some folk simply do not understand
your masochistic need to be a Troll.

--
David B.

In article , David B.
wrote:

BUT .......

How do you KNOW that?

because he's not as stupid as you are.

Tell us, why do you display *YOUR* stupidity for all and sundry to see?

This is *NOT* a rhetorical question. Some folk simply do not understand
your masochistic need to be a Troll.

projection.

On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 16:01:18 +0000, "David B."
wrote:

On 06/01/2018 08:38, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 09:53:01 -0600, philo wrote:

On 1/4/2018 12:19 AM, Frank Williams wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 20:46:41 +0100, android wrote:

Forwarded to comp.periphs.printers.



NOTE: Perhaps just some pointers to how to troubleshoot my current
printer might be all that's needed

Keep the printer cool and power it off with the on/off button. not the
mains switch.

Canon are bubble jet printers and the print heads burn out





My wife indeed powers it off with the switch. It has not been used
enough for the heads to be "burned out."

That is a major part of your problem. If you power it down from the
control panel the printer parks the print head and then caps it. If
you just shut it down the ink in the nozzles will dry and clog them.

I have no doubt that you are 100% correct, Eric ..........

BUT .......

How do you KNOW that?

Do tell! :-)

I've got a P800 which as far as I know is a larger version of Philo's
P600. The information you are querying is in the manual.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens