Originally posted by texandrews Very nice. I'm curious about your printer:
What model is it?
How much have you printed with it/how often do you print?
This is the Epson P9000 with max "paper" width of 44" rolls. Is basically the same printer as the P7000 which is just 24" instead. Prints fantastic and very low maintenance.
So far I've printed +/-400+ prints of varying sizes. Smallest would be about 600mm x 400mm and largest about 3000mm x 1000mm. The initial batch was guest room art for a hotel in Asia. The rest would be for our house and occasionally for friends.
Ink is expensive since it takes 11 cartridges. As I remember you can select between small 250mm, medium 500mm or large 750mm cartridges. I am now on my second ink set (750mm) and by mid next year I'll have to start buying ink again.
When I bought my ink set it was about $2k, now I see on B&H a full set goes for $4k. Luckily you can buy cartridges individually as you need it.
My favorite "paper" is Cezanne canvas from Hahnemühle. It is archival quality and is very durable. They have a large range of papers as well.
The biggest risk with these types of printers are clogged nozzles. Canon seems to be the biggest culprit. When I bought mine I found a guy on YouTube that suggested a configuration where the printer wakes up from sleep every 48 hours to run a quick circulation of ink then goes back to sleep. Never had a clogged nozzle that a simple auto head clean run could not clear.
This year i shipped it from Hong Kong to Berlin in the container with our furniture. I released the ink cartridges and they packed it into a custom made crate. After six months I started it last week and no clogged nozzles, the head was still aligned, no hassles whatsoever.
Any other questions? Will gladly respond.