best large format printer

CamperMan

Hi,

I am looking for a large format printer to print my photos, what's the best one with a budget of maybe €1500.

thanks.

Simon

Borderfox

Stephen Crozier will probably be best to give you advice on this

ShakeyBlakey

What size do you want to print them?, I have an epson R1800 prints A3+ (13" x 19") and a3+ panoramas 13" X 48" on roll paper, I'm very happy with the quality of it. It takes 8 seperate cartridges so you only replace what you use. For €1500 you could get a really nice printer, I like epson and some of their printers also print on canvas. Best of luck with your search.

stcstc

Well for 1500 euro the best bet i think would be the epson 3800,

It will print A2 sheet

for 1500 i dont know of a roll fed machine, which means no doing canvases etc

also there is a huge cost per print difference between the a3 printers r2400 etc and the 3800. as it uses bigger cartridges

JMcL

stcstc wrote: »

for 1500 i dont know of a roll fed machine, which means no doing canvases etc

also there is a huge cost per print difference between the a3 printers r2400 etc and the 3800. as it uses bigger cartridges

I'm looking into this at the moment as well. The Epson 2400 will do rolls (interested in this as I'd like to print decent sized panoramas), but as you say the smaller ink cartridges will result in much higher per print costs if printer is going to see a lot of use (which I guess at this price level is pretty much a given).

leinsterman

I got a demo of the R1900 and R2400 at the Epson stand during the PMA trade show ... according to the product manager the 1900 outperforms some of the more expensive models including the 2400 .... particualrly in B&W printing (due to its two black carttridge configuration) .... it takes rolls for panoramas and does A3+ ...

I costs about €600 ... so it is way less than your budget ...

It certainly produced impressive prints from what I saw ... but it has smaller ink cartridges ... which makes running costs higher ...

It all depends on your needs I guess ...

stcstc

the problem you have with rolls on either the 1900 or the 2400 is that it doent take standard roll sizes, so you end up with epson paper only, and it tend to be expensive

the 2400 and above all use the K3 ink system with multiple blacks

i use a 7800 which has three grades of black in it and a conversion to matt if need be, but I have never used the matt black

CamperMan

leinsterman wrote: »

I got a demo of the R1900 and R2400 at the Epson stand during the PMA trade show ... according to the product manager the 1900 outperforms some of the more expensive models including the 2400 .... particualrly in B&W printing (due to its two black carttridge configuration) .... it takes rolls for panoramas and does A3+ ...

I costs about €600 ... so it is way less than your budget ...

It certainly produced impressive prints from what I saw ... but it has smaller ink cartridges ... which makes running costs higher ...

It all depends on your needs I guess ...

I would want to print of a fair amount of large (maybe up to A3) photographs, maybe 20+ per week, and a few panoramic photographs, so a printer that can take a roll would be a good one to go for.

Simon

FinoBlad

Would you consider an Epson 4800, I'm doing mostly darkroom printing these days and have one with very little use. Only on its 2nd set of ink cartridges

I'll put it on Adverts.ie if anyone is interested.

YeahOK

CamperMan wrote: »

Hi,

I am looking for a large format printer to print my photos, what's the best one with a budget of maybe €1500.

thanks.

Simon

HP Indigo are probably the best large format printers on the market right now, but a little outside your budget and not exactly desktop

CamperMan

got a great printer off FinoBlad....used it and I am amazed by the quality of the Epson 4800!

i_kenefick

CamperMan wrote: »

Hi,

I am looking for a large format printer to print my photos, what's the best one with a budget of maybe €1500.

thanks.

Simon

We use the 9800 with genuine K3 inks on an unbranded kodak stock (we find designers prefer this).

Tip: Have a look at your colors in CMYK Color mode regardless of where you get them printed. You may need to compensate for the RGB > CMYK when it's printed large format.

Valentia

i_kenefick wrote: »

(we find designers prefer this).

Well they are an odd breed aren't they? Unbranded stock? How on earth do you know you are getting the same stuff when you reorder?

stcstc

also designers generally are not looking for photo prints i guess more to do with cmyk graphical prints???