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Originally Posted by Tom Swaman
Paul, if you are curious, why don't you send some PMs out to others on here who use these printers and ask some critical questions?
Tom
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Well to be honest I'd rather read feedback in a thread than in PM's - we need to share the knowledge
. There don't seem to be many wide format printer users here at the moment - or maybe they're holding their tongue. The big conundrum I have right now is that the UK prices are a bit crazy with the 3800 being only slightly cheaper than the 4800, and the Canon ipf5000 approaching the 3800 too. I do like the idea of a more industrial strength printer, and I've probably read every post on this subject across all the forums.
It seems that there isn't one printer that will tick all the boxes, so it's a matter of evaluating what I consider important and making a decision from there. Currently the ipf5000 seems like a very good deal if I want to print wide based on initial price and ongoing consumable costs. I'm still thinking that maybe an A3 printer for half the cost may make more sense, and send out to a lab for the bigger prints....