Epson P400 Alternative

[pharmacist]

At this moment (and for somebody from the USA): the Epson ET-8550. If you are not faint-hearted you can sell the included dye ink bottles and use that money to buy some good pigment ink (type Precisioncolors or Inktec Powerchrome or even expired large format printer cartridges using K3 Vivid/Ultrachrome Pro 10 ink: MK, PK, Grey (=LK), Vivid Magenta, Cyan, Yellow) and use syringe to refill the ink containers and have full pigment printer. This way you will the fade resistance of pigment ink and thus something very similar as the P400. On top you will have true ABW-printing possibility (grey ink), that is not possible with the P400 and printing is possible on both matte and glossy/satin papers. The only negative side is there will be (some) gloss differential because there is no gloss optimizer, so I suggest on limit paper preference to matte and satin/pearl type of papers to minimize gloss differential.

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

' If you are not faint-hearted you can sell the included dye ink bottles and use that money to buy some good pigment ink (type Precisioncolors'

Precisioncolors specifically supports pigment inks for the ET_8550 and gives tips

https://precisioncolors.com/ET8550.html

Pigment ink effects like bronzing or gloss differentials vary very much by the combination of ink and paper - it goes from virtually invisible down to practically useless - general tips cannot be given, and only testing would show the best ink/paper combinations. Paper suppliers typically can offer sample packs for their selection of papers.