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I am a hobbyist, so the volume of prints is relatively low. In these cases, one must look at the total number of final prints produced over the printer's lifetime and treat the printer's cost as an effective additional cost per print. Most repairs made through Epson cost more than it is worth...

Hi @ergaster I do have a p900 and am familiar with several failure modes, yet I have not had that particular one you experienced. It would really help if you shared more details about the specific paper type, brand/product, the software you are using to print the image (e.g. Photoshop), the...

I forgot to mention a couple of other things: 1) When you do borderless printing, since it is not exact, the part of the image that ends up being overspray is effectively a small crop around the image to make sure there is not a white paper edge showing 2) The lower tech option is to not do...

That is one of the few "office-type" printers that meet your needs at a lower starting point with higher cost cartridges. I was curious to understand why pigment ink with borderless was few and far between. Apparently, pigment ink is much more difficult to manage at the edges of the paper...

I will let the refill experts give you inputs on that and it may depend on the particular printer cartridge. A few things to know: Please note that using refill inks voids your factory warranty and any extended warranty you may have purchased. It does happen. I got an Epson printer, and in...

Hi @Emt There are not too many printers that are full pigment and EcoTank I found two yet have never owned either one. Here is a comparison sheet of specs followed by paper size capability I would check those out. Do note they are not touted as photo printers yet for you needs it might...

I have never done 3d printing, so it's quite the challenge to get the picture of Ted that will also render in 2D. I like your title, "Impossible things take longer." If that whole workflow is the challenge, ignore the second picture; AI will cooperate (sometimes by twisting its arm). It...

I can relate to the difficulty with pets as we have a cat. Any posing only comes with random candid shots when she doesn’t know we are there. Any physical encouragement only ends with skin damage for the photographer o_O

With AI you might get something close enough to meet your needs e.g

Hi @~ITdude~ In debugging, my usual first step is to determine what changed when the problem started. Usually a good indication. I am not experienced with your printer yet a lot of information online. I think online information needs to be taken with a big grain of salt yet the results I...

If you have cartridges available, you could always try it, yet my understanding is that they may look the same and "may" insert, yet the electrical connections are not exact and connect to the wrong signals if you use the wrong one. I suspect the printer would indicate it could not connect to...

Again, you are more than welcome, @Doghouse, and thanks for the complement. I enjoyed our interaction and learned a bit myself. I would be fine with more if and when needed. My comment was said in jest; if it were taken more broadly, my spouse would take exception ;)

You're more than welcome @Doghouse . Forums are a good place to hash out issues people have so don't worry about jumping in and asking questions. It's all a learning process, including for me. And as far as "do what John Wheeler says!," that would be unwise 🤣

Hi @Doghouse As I mentioned before, I do not use EPL very often, yet my experience has always been that if you have the aspect ratio locked, it will force the full image in even if doing a reduction in size to fit in the available space. EPL also adds more than the minimum margin as well. So...

Hi @Doghouse I don't use EPL too much yet EPL wants to resize to fit the paper (even without you selecting options to expand. Here is how one can get around it if you really want ot use EPL as opposed to printing right from Photoshop. 1) Make the image in Photoshop the exact size you need...