EPSON or CANON, help me decide

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Have used Canon exclusively for years but thinking about one of the new tank printers. I print plenty of Pics of the grandkids dogs etc. Of Canon or Epson's base tank models which has a dual paper path. I ask this because I print a lot of Christmas cards which work best with a rear straight paper path. Which models have this feature. Which of the two brands would you reccomend and why?
 

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I would suggest the Epson ET-8550: it has straight paper path (8x10 and up). It is also very economical to print and does a great job with neutral black and white prints (gray ink included).
 

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I would suggest the Epson ET-8550: it has straight paper path (8x10 and up). It is also very economical to print and does a great job with neutral black and white prints (gray ink included).
I too am looking....either Canon Pro 300, 1000, and.....I think I'd prefer the ET-8550. The one downside I've seen has been about wheel marks (on thick papers only) and some black smudging, some challenges with true black. Are you generally happy --on those, and all other fronts?
 

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I believe the ET-8550 is the greatest printer in a generation.
 

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I too am looking....either Canon Pro 300, 1000, and.....I think I'd prefer the ET-8550. The one downside I've seen has been about wheel marks (on thick papers only) and some black smudging, some challenges with true black. Are you generally happy --on those, and all other fronts?
I'm not happy with such general statements - wheel marks - true black etc, lots of those are commented as well for various other printers.

The ET-8550 runs with dye inks, there are a few sources offering as well a pigment inkset for the ET-8550, I don't have experience with such inks in the ET-8550 , but the selection dye vs. pigment inks should carefully be considered . So it's not just the ET-8550 vs. the Pro 300 but as well the Epson P700/900 which might be considered.
Marks of sprocket wheels are reported for various printers, it is not so much a paper thickness issue but a property of the coating how fast the surface dries. You should not look after such marks directly after print but after a day, you'll see that the paper coating is very much sealing such marks after some drying time , in most cases to a level of invisibility. And different papers behave very differently in this respect .

There is some pigment blob build-up in the ET-8550 - but less than in the ET-7750 - which can be cleaned away easily.

True black - whatever that is - the ET-8550 is mixing the dye and pigment black for some matte papers - copy paper - inkjet paper and matte only for the velvet fine Art paper. The ET-8550 can run as well the advanced B/W mode which allows you to tone - like sepia - or neutralize your monochrome prints - separately for the lighter and darker regions. The paper color is predominant for the lighter grays and the ink color for the darker grays to black.
But therre is a limit how 'neutral' a print can look with dye inks - specifically under different light conditions, pigment inks can fair better in lthis respect, but this is not specific to the ET-8550 or a Pro 300 .
 
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I asked Epson about why I'm getting printer marks when running the ultra premium glossy paper. They said it's one of their softest papers so it might be inevitable. I then completely stopped giving a shit, b/c they're only visible if you look after printing with the light at a specific angle.
 

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I have a Canon Maxify for business prints/scanning and a PRO-10 for photos.
The Epson ET-8550 could do both (with some compromises).
The low ink cost (without all the mess of refilling carts) is a major advantage too.

If I would start over today I would think about the ET-8550 seriously, since the Canon PRO-300 and Epson P700/900 are not easy to refill.
As far as I know Canon doesn't make an A3+ Maxify.
 
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