I now have a Epson 900 Super fast, but only 4 color. Want to get a printer just for photos... keeping mine for text. But I might only use it once a week.... MY PRINTER CLOGS IF I DON'T USE IT EVERY OTHER DAY! I'm assuming the Epson 870 will be the same? Does anyone know which printer will best survive periods of non-use, the Epson 870, or Canon 8200. From what I can gather in reading these threads, people give the edge in image quality to the Epson.Thanks. Tony
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Clogging.. Epson, or Canon?
- Thread starter Tony B
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With Canon 8200, I only print photos once in couple weeks and it never clogs. Clogging is the common problem with EPSON printers.
I now have a Epson 900 Super fast, but only 4 color. Want to get a
printer just for photos... keeping mine for text. But I might only use
it once a week.... MY PRINTER CLOGS IF I DON'T USE IT EVERY OTHER DAY!
I'm assuming the Epson 870 will be the same? Does anyone know which
printer will best survive periods of non-use, the Epson 870, or Canon
8200. From what I can gather in reading these threads, people give the
edge in image quality to the Epson.Thanks. Tony
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MikeD
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Yes, Tony, the Epson dilemma is that it seems that all of their 4 color printers clog unless they are frequently used. The 870/1270 seemed to me not to clog - from personal experience I never had mine clog up - but then there's the fading/color problem with those inks that Epson seems not to have an answer on yet. HP's do not clog at all and their quality is close to Epson but not all the way there. I'm currently investigating the Canon 8200, which doesn't seem to have any problems - even printing out HP quality text. So if Canon can produce on the pics, that may become my printer of choice.
Mike
Mike
I now have a Epson 900 Super fast, but only 4 color. Want to get a
printer just for photos... keeping mine for text. But I might only use
it once a week.... MY PRINTER CLOGS IF I DON'T USE IT EVERY OTHER DAY!
I'm assuming the Epson 870 will be the same? Does anyone know which
printer will best survive periods of non-use, the Epson 870, or Canon
8200. From what I can gather in reading these threads, people give the
edge in image quality to the Epson.Thanks. Tony
Thanks Mike..... don't you just want it all !!! TonyYes, Tony, the Epson dilemma is that it seems that all of their 4 color
printers clog unless they are frequently used. The 870/1270 seemed to me
not to clog - from personal experience I never had mine clog up - but
then there's the fading/color problem with those inks that Epson seems
not to have an answer on yet. HP's do not clog at all and their quality
is close to Epson but not all the way there. I'm currently
investigating the Canon 8200, which doesn't seem to have any problems -
even printing out HP quality text. So if Canon can produce on the pics,
that may become my printer of choice.
Mike
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