Epson Stylus Pro 9800

Just a note on the Epson Stylus Pro 9800 printer. Despite the release of the Epson Stylus Pro 9880, the Epson Stylus Pro 11880, or other wide format printers from Canon and HP, these printers havn’t yet offerred enough to convince the majority of this base of users on this printer to upgrade. We guess the question is, in reality, how much better can the quality of prints get? Furthermore, will the increase in quality really make a difference for a giclee printing service business to the extent that they feel compelled to make the upgrade? This is the hurdle that wide format printer manufacturers have to cross whenever they release a new giclee printer into the market. Of course these newer inkjet printers make sense to those who have a need to purchase additional inkjet printers.
We are curious to see if and how the recent release of the Epson 9900 will change things. Will it be the “game changer” many have said it will be….but wait a minute….wasn’t that the pitch on the Epson 11880? The addition of a built-in specrophotometer (for on-the-fly icc profiles)on the Stylus Pro 9900 is certainly interesting and will benefit many…
We still find the Canon technology very interesting. Canon publishes a document that is backed by their legal department, stipulating that their giclee printers such as the Canon ipf9100 allow for at least 30% ink savings when compared to the Epson Stylus Pro series printers. This is big. All giclee reproduction houses should take this into account in their purchasing decisions. With arguably no difference in print quality between these two technologies, could Canon be the best kept hidden secret? All you have to do is ask those who own them. Then again, it wouldnt be a secret anymore would it….

Just a note on the Epson Stylus Pro 9800 printer. Despite the release of the Epson Stylus Pro 9880, the Epson Stylus Pro 11880, or other wide format printers from Canon and HP, these printers havn’t yet offerred enough to convince the majority of this base of users on this printer to upgrade. We guess the question is, in reality, how much better can the quality of prints get? Furthermore, will the increase in quality really make a difference for a giclee printing service business to the extent that they feel compelled to make the upgrade? This is the hurdle that wide format printer manufacturers have to cross whenever they release a new giclee printer into the market. Of course these newer inkjet printers make sense to those who have a need to purchase additional inkjet printers.
We are curious to see if and how the recent release of the Epson 9900 will change things. Will it be the “game changer” many have said it will be….but wait a minute….wasn’t that the pitch on the Epson 11880? The addition of a built-in specrophotometer (for on-the-fly icc profiles)on the Stylus Pro 9900 is certainly interesting and will benefit many…
We still find the Canon technology very interesting. Canon publishes a document that is backed by their legal department, stipulating that their giclee printers such as the Canon ipf9100 allow for at least 30% ink savings when compared to the Epson Stylus Pro series printers. This is big. All giclee reproduction houses should take this into account in their purchasing decisions. With arguably no difference in print quality between these two technologies, could Canon be the best kept hidden secret? All you have to do is ask those who own them. Then again, it wouldnt be a secret anymore would it….

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