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$950.00 Summary:
Having had 5 epson printers from the original colour stylus on I was increasingly dissatisfied with the lack of reliability & cost of consumables. Most problems with the epsons resulted in a trip to the repairer if it was more the a simple jet clog. Opinion from many friends seemed to suggest that the canon printers were bullet proof. Moreover if the was a significant problem then at least you could replace the print head (vs epson). I've had the S9000 for 14 months and printed about 120 A4 photoprints, about 400 smaller prints & about 500 non photo colour docs. I've only had to put the printer through a cleaning cycle once. (humidity always >50%) Quality remains consistently good providing you use accurate colour profiles. No banding is visible to the naked eye, some slight vertical patterns when magnified. I moved to digital photography and haven't looked back. Strengths:
The S9000 is fast for printing colour photographs, only other canon printers are faster. You can really appreciate it when you see it printing beside an Epson 1290. The current inks seem OK for longevity, I have a few hanging up (under glass) and they show little or no fading yet although none are in direct sunlight. Weaknesses:
Ink usage is quite high though a full set of cartridges go about as far as my last epson photoprinter. Until recently I achieved the best quality prints only on Canon's photo paper pro, which is probably the most expensive brand paper to buy of any of the manufacturers brands. Recently I've been using Ilfords Galerie range of papers which are about 40% cheaper. You have to use custom profiles to get the best from these papers. Finally, I recently bought a 2nd hand S900 and now I do all my proofing and sub A3 printing using refilled (from the S9000) cartridges and lyson inks which saves about 60% of the cost of ink. No problems with the S900 and refilled cartridges but that's another review Similar Products Used:
Epson Colour Stylus , Colour Stylus II, Stylus 740, Stylus 900, and Stylus 1290 Customer Service:
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