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Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 10:46
by Paul
I know i will go for inktek. most descent gamut out there... But need some more help when buying epson 7600. Never had as large printer as that :)

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 12:02
by pisquee
Try and find out its history Paul, how hard a life it has had ... the best ones we've picked up have been owned from new by artists for their own printing, rather than been used in a commerical print shop, equally, ones owned by architects and only printing a few thin lines on large bit of paper, rather than full bleed artworks, or design students sometimes get them for uni as there is too much demand on the uni machines. Definitely look at the nozzle check before buying it, and don't buy if is isn't a full check. The nozzel check, and other reports can all be printed from the printer's own control panel without need for a computer to be hooked up, so easy to do, as long as there are some inks still in the printer. they can load A4 pages for this.
Glad you're happy with InkTec inks! :-)

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 13:19
by Paul
Thanks for that! I will keep my eye on them on ebay and ask some questions.

Yeah. Inktek is alright. It has One of the best gamuts once profiled corectly.

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 21:31
by JMugs
I have been chuffed to beans with my 7600, any problems have been of my doing.
The print quality just gets me excited.
Paul you will be hooked.

Janners.

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 11 Feb 2014, 08:48
by pisquee
JMugs;83376 wrote:I have been chuffed to beans with my 7600, any problems have been of my doing.
The print quality just gets me excited.
Paul you will be hooked.

Janners.
Be careful though, get the 7600 and you'll be wondering if you should have got the 9600! ;-)

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 11 Feb 2014, 10:38
by Paul
Iam already looking for 9600 lol. ;)
similar prices :)

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 11 Feb 2014, 10:48
by pisquee
And once you've got your first one, you'll be wanting to buy a second for pigment ink printing!

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 11 Feb 2014, 11:37
by Paul
Plan is to get one 7600 for sublimation and 9600 for canvas printing and ither oversized items... But... If i menge to get huge press then i may swap jobs for those printers :)

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 11 Feb 2014, 12:22
by pisquee
We decided on the other way around, that for our artwork printing on papers to stick to the 7600, and the 9600 for sublimation work.

Re: A2 or larger

Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 17:49
by Alastair@Xpres
Hello Paul,

We have a couple of 4880's exDemo here which would save you cost and you would get Xpres support too?
Also the A1 upgrade is not much of a jump so most people just go A1, especially when you get leasing involved too!

I would recommend

Epson 4880
Epson SCT3000
Epson 7890

The latter being my favorite due to an 8 colour ink configuration with a large print width.
Happy hunting!