File Size For A6 Print? (1 Viewer)

robski · Feb 7, 2006

Keith Reeder said:
Not necessarily, Steve.

I've recently bought a litle Epson R220 photo printer, and - without any fiddling and faffing on my part to profile/calibrate the printer and PC, the prints are coming off absolutely perfectly - couldn't be better.

I think they are great as long as you keep using them which keeps the heads wet. Once they dry out they become a mare. We had a couple of 13" x 19" units at work and because we use them infrequently they become useless after 18 months. They were used only a few months at a time when we tested proofing software.

Keith Reeder · Feb 7, 2006

Good point, Rob - I'll bear that in mind.

steveps · Feb 7, 2006

Prints

hummm.., sounds that you have to use your printer regular to do it justice.
Maybe I'll try it further down the line. I'm on a big enough learning curve with my new camera equipment!!.

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robski · Feb 7, 2006

steveps said:
hummm.., sounds that you have to use your printer regular to do it justice.
Maybe I'll try it further down the line. I'm on a big enough learning curve with my new camera equipment!!.

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steve

Well the way I look at it is you could spend £50 on get over 500 photos printed at your local boots/jessops etc or spend the best part of a £100 on buying a printer and consumables. Then are you likely to get 500 6 x 4 photos printed to keep ? It's not like the old film days when you had to have the duds printed as well. If you select your best shots and maybe give them a bit of a tweak in a photo editor you know you will get good results.

RAH · Feb 7, 2006

I suppose it depends on the printer, but with my somewhat old Epson Stylus 900 (an 8.5 inch version of the very well-known wide-size Epson 1280), I can keep it working fine even when I sometimes go months between uses. I find that multiple head-cleanings does the trick. Yes, this wastes a lot of ink, and it wouldn't be necessary if I used the printer often, but at least in this case, the printer isn't ready for the scrap heap even with very sporadic use.

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