BubbaOtep

How do you define "Art Quality Inkjet" printing?

 

High quality printing is largely shared between Epson and Canon. These are subdivided between dye-based and pigment-based inksets, with the latter somewhat more archival, and better suited to darker tones. Higher end printers will accept a variety of heavier art papers, in larger sizes. While there are several excellent printers with 13" carriages, "art" printing seems to start at 17", which will produce prints up to 16x20" (or 24") in size. RIP (raster imaging processing) software (e.g., ImagePrint) is fully implemented only with 17" and larger printers.

 

My current "art" printer is a Canon Pixma Pro-10, dye-based, with 10 divided ink tones (including gloss black and a clear final layer). At 55 lbs and 24" wide, it needs its own print stand for full access to the front and rear trays.

Art, as in, comparable to archival silver gelatin prints. No fading. Waterproof. Color fast. High accuracy and resolution. Will last longer than me.

I do want larger than 24” but I have no idea how to dry mount past that size. That’s about as large as my dry mount press can handle.

I don’t know what RIP is. Why can’t I just print from Photoshop?

If I am primarily going to be printing in black and white, is there a particular printer for that?

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Thank you

which photo editor do you use?

Gimp

Can someone point me to the forum for discussions on art quality inkjet printers, please

tia