Surprised to see that the latest Wilhelm report only gives theĭye-sub 7 years or so, while the HP on swellable paper is around 80 Has a short lifetime (I know Canon inkjets have fade issues, I was I was surprised that the Canon printer evidently The dye-sub Canon CP-330 and inkjet HP 375B printers, which can run Painter) at our local renaissance faire, and have been looking at I've been thinking about doing a walk around character (court Read a number of posts from photographers who had to reprint photosįor clients because the prints faded quickly. Obivously notĮveryone has this problem but you should be aware of it. Within weeks mostly it seems due to gas fading. Reported problems with photos from Canons quickly fading sometime I have been a loyal Epson user since the very first Epson stylus and have owned every photo printer they have made since and spent 100's of hours researching printers and nprint life etc. Yes I know all about the Canon problem, I have been printing and shooting digital professionally for over 7 years. The other option might be get an 8x10 printer and cut the images after printer (Olympus 440 or Kodak 8500, note the 8500 is more expensive, but a lot of users feel it might be more rugged which might be useful to you).

Since you mentioned 5x7, have you looked at HiTi 730PS?

I was surprised that the Canon printer evidently has a short lifetime (I know Canon inkjets have fade issues, I was surprised to see that the latest Wilhelm report only gives the dye-sub 7 years or so, while the HP on swellable paper is around 80 years, and the Epson is over a 100). I've been thinking about doing a walk around character (court painter) at our local renaissance faire, and have been looking at the dye-sub Canon CP-330 and inkjet HP 375B printers, which can run off of batteries. Other considerations are ink usage and costs as well as 5x7 paper.Īnyone have any input or use one for events? I am looking at the canon Pixima ip 4000 for its speed. I need nothing larger than 5x7 and yes I already know about the I am looking for a small fast printer for just an event to be able

5x7 picture printing