Best Printer for 717?

Gar108 · Nov 7, 2002

I recently sold my Epson 890 and am looking for a new photo printer. I bought my 717 last month and want to match it to a good photo printer. From these forums I have narrowed it down to two manufacturers, Epson or Canon. Can anyone give me their experience with any of the new printers and the 717.

Gar

ZipperZ · Nov 7, 2002

Gar108 said:
I recently sold my Epson 890 and am looking for a new photo
printer. I bought my 717 last month and want to match it to a good
photo printer. From these forums I have narrowed it down to two
manufacturers, Epson or Canon. Can anyone give me their experience
with any of the new printers and the 717.

Gar

both manufacturers make excellent printers and u cant go wrong with either. It all depends on how much you want to spend and if speed is an issue.

quick review of top line models
http://www.techtv.com/products/hardware/story/0%2C23008%2C3373126%2C00.html

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foxtrot · Nov 7, 2002

One other printer to consider is the Olympus P-400 dye sublimation printer which i have been using to print photos from my scans and Sony S70 camera and produces superb pictures that are continues tone unlike ink jets and the images are laminated during the printing process...On the down side max image size is 10.19 X 7.64 inches which wouldn't be a problem if your not going to print larger than that. I can't say much regarding print longevity since i've only been using the P-400 for about two months. I have many prints hanging around for fade testing but won't know the results for hopefully a long time..I hear the Epson 2200 and Canon S900/9000 are top ink jet printers and i may get one to supplement the P-400...in any case be sure to check out the Printers and Printing forum for the best advice on printers.

ZipperZ said:
Gar108 said:

I recently sold my Epson 890 and am looking for a new photo
printer. I bought my 717 last month and want to match it to a good
photo printer. From these forums I have narrowed it down to two
manufacturers, Epson or Canon. Can anyone give me their experience
with any of the new printers and the 717.

Gar

Click to expand...

both manufacturers make excellent printers and u cant go wrong with
either. It all depends on how much you want to spend and if speed
is an issue.

quick review of top line models
http://www.techtv.com/products/hardware/story/0%2C23008%2C3373126%2C00.html

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BANNED Mr. Stacey · Nov 7, 2002

Canon S9000 w/ continuous re-inking system.

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santa · Nov 7, 2002

the Epson 2200 is slow but prints archival prints. the canon is fast but the prints are not archival. there are other differences but being able to sell a print or make a family print that can be mounted and will be around for 50 years is important to me so I got an Epson and am happy with it.

bjmacc · Nov 7, 2002

I have the epson 2200 and love it. Although i've read it was slow, that is not my experience. I installed a usb 2.0 card and despite arguements to the contrary, i find it prints at a good speed. A full color 8X10 takes aprox 3 minutes at 1400

The arguement was that the printhead was the usb 2.0 bottleneck but those were not my findings...it aso has a parallel connection

setup was quick, no problems of any kind, i run 98...print quality is excellent ......excells in B&W.....max print size....13X44

ink consumption is approx $.01/sq inch..perhaps a little more..9.95 per cartridge and going down

ozziegn · Nov 7, 2002

bjmac said:
I have the epson 2200 and love it. Although i've read it was slow,
that is not my experience. I installed a usb 2.0 card and despite
arguements to the contrary, i find it prints at a good speed. A
full color 8X10 takes aprox 3 minutes at 1400

The arguement was that the printhead was the usb 2.0 bottleneck but
those were not my findings...it aso has a parallel connection

setup was quick, no problems of any kind, i run 98...print quality
is excellent ......excells in B&W.....max print size....13X44

ink consumption is approx $.01/sq inch..perhaps a little more..9.95
per cartridge and going down

i had to learn the HARD way not to use Epson printers anymore just because unless you use the printer at least once or twice a week (which i dont) then the printing nozzles are almost guaranteed to clog which is usually not correctable.

now why the heck Epson cant be like HP and put their printing nozzles in the cartridges themselves is beyond me. that way everytime you replace an ink cartridge, you're also getting new print nozzles. so usually, as a rule of thumb, HP printers always cost a bit more than the Epsons do but i think their life span speaks for themselves. although i will say that the Epson printers do produce very nice results but what good will that do ya if the printer's gonna have a short life span?

and by the way, i currently own an HP 5550 and i love it.

Ozzie
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Outta Focus · Nov 7, 2002

My Epson 785EPX (~$200) worked extremely well with my 707. I haven't printed out a 717 pix as yet, though. The 785 may be a step down from what you already had but, again, it has been impressive. I post pix of my kids outside my office door regularly, and I and get a lot of "Wow!"s. Print cartridges last as long as I would expect and are (relatively) cheap. In my view, Epson makes the best inkjet photo printers.

Gar108 said:
I recently sold my Epson 890 and am looking for a new photo
printer. I bought my 717 last month and want to match it to a good
photo printer. From these forums I have narrowed it down to two
manufacturers, Epson or Canon. Can anyone give me their experience
with any of the new printers and the 717.

Gar

Isabel Cutler · Nov 7, 2002

...and I'm sure the S900 (up to 8.5" side) is just as terrific. Using Office Depot Glossy Paper, Canon Paper and Red River Watercolor paper.
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madhatter · Nov 7, 2002

I have an older Stylus 740 that gets very intermittant use (sometimes not for months) and I have had it since March of '99. I have never had a problem. My ink cartrige is still from the origianal batch of 99 which expired last year but nonetheless works just fine. The images are still very nice but of course you can do better for half of waht I paid back then.

ozziegn said:
i had to learn the HARD way not to use Epson printers anymore just
because unless you use the printer at least once or twice a week
(which i dont) then the printing nozzles are almost guaranteed to
clog which is usually not correctable.

now why the heck Epson cant be like HP and put their printing
nozzles in the cartridges themselves is beyond me. that way
everytime you replace an ink cartridge, you're also getting new
print nozzles. so usually, as a rule of thumb, HP printers always
cost a bit more than the Epsons do but i think their life span
speaks for themselves. although i will say that the Epson printers
do produce very nice results but what good will that do ya if the
printer's gonna have a short life span?

and by the way, i currently own an HP 5550 and i love it.

Ozzie
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FutureVision · Nov 7, 2002

Hey
just got a cannon a couple of days ago from gateway

$287

Some issues on fade and lasting have printed on cannon pro paper thats rated to 38Yrs

very fast and extremly high quality pics am very pleased for the short time Ive had it
Easy and ready to print out of the box --quiet and very fast also!

also see this review for other compatible papers
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/canon_S900_pg3.html

Ken

see ya in the funny papers

lisafx · Nov 7, 2002

Joe Reilly said:
My Epson 785EPX (~$200) worked extremely well with my 707. I
haven't printed out a 717 pix as yet, though. The 785 may be a
step down from what you already had but, again, it has been
impressive. I post pix of my kids outside my office door
regularly, and I and get a lot of "Wow!"s. Print cartridges last
as long as I would expect and are (relatively) cheap. In my view,
Epson makes the best inkjet photo printers.

I have the 785 EPX too. I bought it a year ago. It was a bit tricky for me getting the color right, but now that I have managed that I am really happy with the results. Beautiful prints. I have heard of the clogging problem, but I will go a week or so between printings and it rarely clogs. When it does I just run a couple of head cleaning cycles and it's as good as new.

Lisa

Ulysses · Nov 7, 2002

Gar108

You have other options than going with either inkjet or dye-sub.

Find yourself a photo lab that makes use of the Fuji Frontier system.

http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/MapFindPage.jsp ;jsessionid=9KpnG18IOV5iNiEwZ3DkAN6QFdywp1pXLofsLgBZ5vpi5wHoMKjv!-1855523671!-1408040624!80!443?photo=true

In some retail locations, the Fuji Frontier lab is accompanied by the Aladdin kiosk, where you can place your memory card (ALL of the major types) or a CDR for reading and placing an order for the shots you desire at the size you desire.

The prints are printed to the same standard and quality and on the same paper that you'd get for film prints. Come back in less than an hour at some locations, and pick 'em up.

The only thing missing is that you're not doing it at home, but the quality is better than anything you're going to get at home at present.

And the SAVINGS... SAVINGS... With some locations charging as low as:
$0.20 for 4x6
$0.75 for 5x7
$3.00 for 8x10 (usually less than $2.00 at some locations)

Gar108 said:
I recently sold my Epson 890 and am looking for a new photo
printer. I bought my 717 last month and want to match it to a good
photo printer. From these forums I have narrowed it down to two
manufacturers, Epson or Canon. Can anyone give me their experience
with any of the new printers and the 717.

Gar

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alh122060 · Nov 7, 2002

I have had Epson printers for several years, currently have the 1280 and the 700 (for B&W with MIS inks), and have never had a clogging, or any other problem. Not to slam HP printers, as far as I know they are all front loaders, which means you are restricted in the type of paper you can use. Also their paper is very poor, in my opinion.
Alan

ozziegn said:
bjmac said:

I have the epson 2200 and love it. Although i've read it was slow,
that is not my experience. I installed a usb 2.0 card and despite
arguements to the contrary, i find it prints at a good speed. A
full color 8X10 takes aprox 3 minutes at 1400

The arguement was that the printhead was the usb 2.0 bottleneck but
those were not my findings...it aso has a parallel connection

setup was quick, no problems of any kind, i run 98...print quality
is excellent ......excells in B&W.....max print size....13X44

ink consumption is approx $.01/sq inch..perhaps a little more..9.95
per cartridge and going down

Click to expand...

i had to learn the HARD way not to use Epson printers anymore just
because unless you use the printer at least once or twice a week
(which i dont) then the printing nozzles are almost guaranteed to
clog which is usually not correctable.

now why the heck Epson cant be like HP and put their printing
nozzles in the cartridges themselves is beyond me. that way
everytime you replace an ink cartridge, you're also getting new
print nozzles. so usually, as a rule of thumb, HP printers always
cost a bit more than the Epsons do but i think their life span
speaks for themselves. although i will say that the Epson printers
do produce very nice results but what good will that do ya if the
printer's gonna have a short life span?

and by the way, i currently own an HP 5550 and i love it.

Ozzie
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Sony F707 user

Ann McRae · Nov 7, 2002

I have the 707.

I recently bought the epson c62 and I love it. I thought I was going to buy either the 2200(?) or 800(0?) (ie $700cdn printers) for oversized prints. Then I stumbled upon the c62 2 days after its release here for $150cdn. The prints are gorgeous. I have previously used an HP 710 as a stop gap. Was really humming and hawing about needing oversized capacity.

Anyway, whenever someone sees a print off this epson, they are amazed.
Good bang for the buck, IMO.

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Marcel-Etienne56998 · Nov 7, 2002

I had clogging problems with my previous Epson printer (700, if I remember correctly), but it all started when I tried ink cartridges made by other brands (they were supposed to work fine with Epson, for half the price...) Now I own a 1290, I always use Epson ink cartridges and it works to perfection. ?:°)

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Gar108 · Nov 8, 2002

Thanks to all for your input. I dont' know what I am going to do yet, but I'm sure with either Canon or Epson, I'll be a winner. Thanks also to Ulysses for that bit of info about Fuji Frontier. I will look into that. I'd be lost in the digital world without this forum. Thanks again,

Gar

Isabel Cutler · Nov 8, 2002

I had a brief time with a PhotoStylus several years ago and it's nozzles would routinely get clogged when I didn't do enough printing. Changing the cartridge was fiddly and I lost some because I did something wrong. Those two problems were enough to make me not use the thing.

I don't print color with my new CAnon for several days between usages. So far, no problem with clogging. Check on the Printers forum here and do a search in the archives on the Epson and clogging. See if anything comes up.
Isabel

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Mark Valentine · Nov 8, 2002

lisafx said:
Joe Reilly said:

My Epson 785EPX (~$200) worked extremely well with my 707. I
haven't printed out a 717 pix as yet, though. The 785 may be a
step down from what you already had but, again, it has been
impressive. I post pix of my kids outside my office door
regularly, and I and get a lot of "Wow!"s. Print cartridges last
as long as I would expect and are (relatively) cheap. In my view,
Epson makes the best inkjet photo printers.

Click to expand...

I have the 785 EPX too. I bought it a year ago. It was a bit
tricky for me getting the color right, but now that I have managed
that I am really happy with the results. Beautiful prints. I have
heard of the clogging problem, but I will go a week or so between
printings and it rarely clogs. When it does I just run a couple of
head cleaning cycles and it's as good as new.

Lisa

The Canon 850 i has 4 ink cartridges, it does borderless printing ,and the drops are only 2 picoliters the smallest in the industry, and the printer is only$169.00 at best Buy

wiseone · Nov 8, 2002

I have seen that Epson and Canon offer borderless print, but it I THINK it involves printing from a roll or using special paper that have borders that tear off. Do either of those printers actually print borderless from regular sized paper stock?

Mark Valentine said:
lisafx said:

Joe Reilly said:

My Epson 785EPX (~$200) worked extremely well with my 707. I
haven't printed out a 717 pix as yet, though. The 785 may be a
step down from what you already had but, again, it has been
impressive. I post pix of my kids outside my office door
regularly, and I and get a lot of "Wow!"s. Print cartridges last
as long as I would expect and are (relatively) cheap. In my view,
Epson makes the best inkjet photo printers.

Click to expand...

I have the 785 EPX too. I bought it a year ago. It was a bit
tricky for me getting the color right, but now that I have managed
that I am really happy with the results. Beautiful prints. I have
heard of the clogging problem, but I will go a week or so between
printings and it rarely clogs. When it does I just run a couple of
head cleaning cycles and it's as good as new.

Lisa

Click to expand...

The Canon 850 i has 4 ink cartridges, it does borderless printing
,and the drops are only 2 picoliters the smallest in the industry,
and the printer is only$169.00 at best Buy

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