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I need to move away from getting external printers to print my work, onto printing my own - I just seem to have problems with every order I place. I had been considering some of the larger Canon Pro desktop printers (Pro 10 / 100 / 1000) and may still do, but they're all A3+ I think, and I seem to be getting a fair few requests for A2 sized prints, or occasionally larger, and I take a lot of panoramas. I'd hate to artificially restrict what I sell, or have to go back to external printers for larger prints, if there is another solution...
A local professional print shop has a Canon IPF8100 that they are selling for £350. It's in great condition, but that's because it's been unused for a long time, since an upgrade to another manufacturer. He *thinks* the printer is likely to need a new head (maybe the existing one could be cleaned?), but it does have some inks - he'll check what it needs.
I get that this printer is enormous, the inks are expensive and needs to be used regularly, but it could print the sizes I need.
Is this just a bloody stupid idea? Or would you be thinking it could be worth a punt?
A local professional print shop has a Canon IPF8100 that they are selling for £350. It's in great condition, but that's because it's been unused for a long time, since an upgrade to another manufacturer. He *thinks* the printer is likely to need a new head (maybe the existing one could be cleaned?), but it does have some inks - he'll check what it needs.
I get that this printer is enormous, the inks are expensive and needs to be used regularly, but it could print the sizes I need.
Is this just a bloody stupid idea? Or would you be thinking it could be worth a punt?