Canon i9100 va Epson 2200

Any comments on these two printers? Is the archival ink advantage worth
getting the more expensive Epson over the Canon?

Thanks.

 

I've bought my last Canon printer. They might make good cameras but the sure
as hell know nothing about making a device that can produce a photograph
which will last longer than 3 months. Have a look at Canon's web site in
AUstralia and it's a huge disclaimer about their fraudulent claim to 25
years life from a bubblejet print.

If a 6x4 print cost the same (or nearly) as a 6x4 photograph, the only
reason for doing it yourself is connivance. When the 'true' cost of the
print is weighed up, doing it yourself on a Canon printer makes dye
sublimation printers look cheap! It's the post print preservation I'm
talking about.

Canon have recently posted 'storage' information about their prints if they
are to have a hope in hell of lasting past the first month. You can't (for
example) just pin one on the wall like you do with a photograph. Why? It's
the "air degradation effect" that erases the image from the paper and this
(according to Canon) has nothing to do with the ink... Bull!

I had the very first Stylus colour printer Epson made. I've had Epson ever
since up to the point I bought a Canon camera and then decided to go for
Canon printers too - Big mistake! I have 3 Canon printers; an S9000, an i320
and an i865. None of them can make a print that will last 25 weeks, much
less 25 years!

I never had this problem with Epson. My last Epson was a 640 and I still
have prints from it. They are ageing but no where near as fast as the Canon
prints did - Yeah, did... The are virtually unviewable now, 18 months after
making them. The Epson ones are nearly 4 years old and have been exposed to
the "air degradation effect" ever since they were printed.

I ordered the first Epson to replace a Canon yesterday. Over the next few
months I'll replace all the Canon printers with Epson printers. I'll put a
constant ink delivery system on one and use 'always full' ink tanks in the
others. Seriously... Someone ought to take Canon on over their absurd
claims.

MR