Datacolor User to User Support Group.

?I have a B9180 that makes terrific prints. ?It has replaceable heads as well, although I don't know how the prices compare. ?It is limited to 13" wide paper, but I think they make bigger printers for a lot more money.
I have difficulty considering the B9180 to be in the same class as the Epson and Canon printers of the same size. HP competes more effectively in the 24 inch and wider sizes.


C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor
CDTobie@...
www.datacolor.com/Spyder3


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From: Robert Peirce <bob@...>
To: datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, Aug 21, 2009 9:14 pm
Subject: Re: [datacolor_group] Re: Best ink printer to match with Spyder3Print














        
















On Aug 21, 2009, at 4:07 PM, CDTobie wrote:


       


 

>I'm just best guessing at what to buy.? I do like the 9500 pigment inks, but reviews say that the photos lack the vivid colors and punch.


 

Well, dye has more punch, especially for glossy prints, but for how long? Pigment has the virtue of retaining its look for long enough to justify selling the images. I don't know anyone willing to sell dye prints as art photos any longer...


 
 >Do you have any suggestions for what printer I should look at?? I have a bad taste with Epson with all the clogging in the past, maybe that has changed?
 


 

It has improved, but it hasn't gone away. The beauty of the Canons is the replaceable heads. The problem with the Canons is the price of the replaceable heads. Pick your poison. A close friend, who does photography as a hobby recently announced to me that he was going to get a Pro 9000. I had the "birds and the bees" (dyes and pigments) talk with him, though it seemed to be falling on deaf ears, as he didn't like the slower print time of the 9500. A week later he called me to tell me he had purchased a 9500, and didn't regret it one bit. Since then, he as started selling his prints at a number of locations; which would be a scary thought if he had purchased a dye printer. Please note, this is not a Canon issue, its a dye issue...

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Don't forget the HP printers. ?I have a B9180 that makes terrific prints. ?It has replaceable heads as well, although I don't know how the prices compare. ?It is limited to 13" wide paper, but I think they make bigger printers for a lot more money.