I've used several high-end print labs, and they can do a great job, but once you send them the file the output is up to them. The rationale is that they get a better final product through having complete control of each step of the process and the ability to easily do multiple generations of proofs to get exactly the rendering you wanted. I also was devoting a great deal of space for the printer and for supplies and bulk ink tanks and when I looked into space for a large dry mount press it was not there unless I set it up on the dining room table.Īctually, most of the fine art photographers I know do their own printing. With a lab I can upload 80 image files to their server on Sunday and have the prints made and mounted and at my door by Wednesday at the latest. Not that much different with inkjet printers. I used to make Cibachrome prints and each print took 1 hour and a dedicated darkroom and to get a final print could take all day. No such problems with prints that are made on photo paper. An entire wing at the Met had all its inkjet prints damaged when the company that maintains the floors changed to a different type of wax that outgassed. My brother has worked for the past 30 years doing print restoration for the major art galleries and museums in the USA. The inkjet paper and ink and printer industry has done a great job of focusing on UV fading and ignoring chemical and mechanical abrasion problems with inkjet prints.
Very larger prints I have mounted on Masonite for protection while in transit to my house, to the framing shop, and to the client. I also can have them mounted to whatever material I want. With a lab my costs are far less and I get a much more durable print. I have had pro level inkjet printers but now only use a color lasterjet for proofs. You can schedule your unclogg jobs, to become a set and forget setting on your computer.īut it provides far more than only unclogg jobs for your printer. They have developed a print scheme which uses all inks at the same time in order to prevent clogging. Nevertheless I would recommened to use a piece of software which is called Qimage Ultimate. If it will fail at a certain point, I would grab the Canon Pro Series too and stick to Canon. No clogging, no proprietary harddrive that can fail. But in fact all these dedicated photo printers deliver excellent quality nowadays.įor 6 years now, I am using an old Canon IPF5100 which still works perfectly fine. If you do not print everyday or at least on a weekly base, I would not recommened Epson. HP LFP were fine in terms of printing but caused lot of extra cost for failing harddrives, printheads etc.įor private users, Epson has the ongoing issues with drying printheads/nozzles. After many years of different large size printers from HP like Z2100, Z3100 and Epson, I finally use Canon and I will stick to that so far.
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