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was initially when I spotted these printers and saw some potential.
Well I have put one of these Artisan 700/800/710/810 through some testing.
Let me say this. Sometimes, a manufacturer can offer something very good but initially only puts out good enough for the time being. I think this printer is the aftermath of good enough. In other words I will call this the second generation.
The amount of nozzles that this thing has was not apparent to me. Well, for an Epson it has a lot.
I had also commented on the potential speed of this printer and it pretty much lives up to it.
So why am I calling this second generation? Because it appears to be the second generation of how Claria dye based inks are used.
The first generation would include the R260, R380, RX580, R280, RX595,RX680 and the wider bodies SPR1400. These all can share the same printer profiles and run the same engine for color.
The Artisan 700/800/710/810 uses the same identical inkset BUT now uses an improved engine. Same inks BUT the color rendering engine is significantly enhanced.
How much? on the first generation I would say that the color was perhaps just a shade behind the Canon Pro 9000. With the new engine, I'll say it is at least equal to it now if not superior. Yes, these are wild claims but I also own a Pro9000 and as early as yesterday, I considered it the best dye ink printer. The advantage of the Pro 9000 is that it can print 13" wide. The Artisan 700/800 cannot.
I'll go further and openly admit that I was mixing up a pigment inkset for use with the first generation and I considered it a success. My objective was to obtain output using pigments without custom ICC profiles comparable to profiled output with dye inks. It's a tall target and I think I succeeded.
Using this same custom inkset I made on the Artisan 700/800 series yields even better output. The output is so close to a profiled output on the same paper that sometimes I'm checking twice in a comparison. That essentially means that there is no need to know how to use color management, just use the standard driver and obtain near professional level output.
Now here is the shocker. At this point I have created profiles for the Epson R2880 but on the Photo setting. I'll say the output with my mixed pigment inkset on the Artisan 700/800/710/810 is superior when profiled as well. So thus far as best I can tell the Artisan beats the R2880 profiled against profiled.
The point is that these Epson AIO printers are little gems provided their mechanics hold up. Why? like Canon, they have cost cutting with no more stainless steel rods anymore like the current Canons. Also their paper feed is not as rugged as a rear feed, it uses a bottom feed cassette. For occasional photoprinting, they are pretty good. If one uses the correct pigment inkset that is matched to it....well what can I say. Superb.
was initially when I spotted these printers and saw some potential.
Well I have put one of these Artisan 700/800/710/810 through some testing.
Let me say this. Sometimes, a manufacturer can offer something very good but initially only puts out good enough for the time being. I think this printer is the aftermath of good enough. In other words I will call this the second generation.
The amount of nozzles that this thing has was not apparent to me. Well, for an Epson it has a lot.
I had also commented on the potential speed of this printer and it pretty much lives up to it.
So why am I calling this second generation? Because it appears to be the second generation of how Claria dye based inks are used.
The first generation would include the R260, R380, RX580, R280, RX595,RX680 and the wider bodies SPR1400. These all can share the same printer profiles and run the same engine for color.
The Artisan 700/800/710/810 uses the same identical inkset BUT now uses an improved engine. Same inks BUT the color rendering engine is significantly enhanced.
How much? on the first generation I would say that the color was perhaps just a shade behind the Canon Pro 9000. With the new engine, I'll say it is at least equal to it now if not superior. Yes, these are wild claims but I also own a Pro9000 and as early as yesterday, I considered it the best dye ink printer. The advantage of the Pro 9000 is that it can print 13" wide. The Artisan 700/800 cannot.
I'll go further and openly admit that I was mixing up a pigment inkset for use with the first generation and I considered it a success. My objective was to obtain output using pigments without custom ICC profiles comparable to profiled output with dye inks. It's a tall target and I think I succeeded.
Using this same custom inkset I made on the Artisan 700/800 series yields even better output. The output is so close to a profiled output on the same paper that sometimes I'm checking twice in a comparison. That essentially means that there is no need to know how to use color management, just use the standard driver and obtain near professional level output.
Now here is the shocker. At this point I have created profiles for the Epson R2880 but on the Photo setting. I'll say the output with my mixed pigment inkset on the Artisan 700/800/710/810 is superior when profiled as well. So thus far as best I can tell the Artisan beats the R2880 profiled against profiled.
The point is that these Epson AIO printers are little gems provided their mechanics hold up. Why? like Canon, they have cost cutting with no more stainless steel rods anymore like the current Canons. Also their paper feed is not as rugged as a rear feed, it uses a bottom feed cassette. For occasional photoprinting, they are pretty good. If one uses the correct pigment inkset that is matched to it....well what can I say. Superb.
