EpsonSureColor P900 17-Inch Printer,Black

As an independent artist and business owner, getting my own printer was a huge goal of mine, and I'm so glad I took the plunge! The printer is a game-changer for me; I can now produce my own fine art prints in any size up to 16x20". I primarily print on 8x10", 11x14" and 12x16" matte fine art paper, using Premium Matte paper by Durico or Finestra Art. The first printer I ordered did not work, but I called Epson and they immediately sent me a new printer and set up an exchange. I've been printing on my new printer for 3 months, and here is a summary of my experience:The Upsides:-Quick and easy wireless communication with my laptop-Great customer service from Epson-The printer yields gorgeous, rich, and vibrant colors; high color accuracy-Each print takes just a few minutes to create-The Epson Print Layout program is straightforward and easy to use. I open this up every time I want to print something. Once I've selected the size and type of paper, I let the printer choose the colors. I find that this produces a better, brighter color quality than the color profiles listed.-Each print is 25-50% the cost of ordering from a fine art printing business-I've ordered ink once in 3 months-Fits perfectly on the alex drawers from IkeaThe cons:-Sometimes the printer takes in a few pages at once instead of one at a time. You must keep an eye on it.-For some, the printer might feel slow-If you accidentally shut your laptop, or if your laptop unexpectedly dies, the printer will stop printing midway and you have to start over-Ink costs are high ($522 to replace all cartridges), so you must factor that into your print costs. I calculated my cost of ink per print using ChatGPT-Epson and Amazon ran out of ink recently, so I had to buy my ink from B&H Photo in NYC-The first printer didn't work, which was stressful-The ink isn't quite as vibrant as my the art prints that I used to order from a fine art printer, but it works well enough for me and my customers.

I'm a professional photographer who has used the P900 regularly for the past year. I've been quite impressed with its features, particularly the color tones. However, The printer started producing vertical banding about six weeks ago (less than two weeks out of warranty). I tried every fix that is documented & the banding continued. After enduring Epson's [sic] customer support, they basically said, "too bad." & tried to sell me a new printer. High-end color printers can be finicky, but I expect more from customer support. I won't be buying any Epson products again.

I'm a professional photographer. I use the P900 for my black and white printing needs. It's excellent. It does have a couple of drawbacks. One is ink choice. If you want deeper blacks, you have to use a certain paper. I like a heavy paper and often a heavy textured paper. I'm still experimenting with this, trying to figure out how to get more ink on certain papers.The other *major* drawback is the price for the ink cartridges. Granted you'll seldom have to buy all 10 cartridges at once, but if you do, it's going to cost you around $450 for all ten.Epson needs to furnish an initial 10 FULL cartridges that come with the printer, not the sorta 10 half-full ones. That's like buying a new car and the dealer puts enough gas in it for you to drive it home. Wouldn't hurt to lower the price on ink, either.I like the printer, though. I gave it Five Stars. So far, there isn't anything that makes me regret buying it. Really don't need the little pop-up LCD, but it's there just the same. Use it, don't use it...buyer's choice. This printer has a lot of good stuff going for it. Read the specs thoroughly before you buy. Read some dependable reviews. Make sure it's what you need.

We purchased this to replace an old Epson 2200 that had seen better days. Thus far, the P900 has exceeded all expectations. Since we are using this for personal printing of photos rather than as a professional photographer would, the set-up was straightforward and we haven't needed to mess around with advanced settings. The Wi-Fi setup was simple and my wife can print from her multiple Apple devices and I can print from my Android phone and Windows based laptop. Three months in, we have had zero problems. Picture quality is as sharp as anything you could want. Colors are incredibly life-like and vivid. Blacks and Grey's are equally impressive. The printer also uses wide format paper up to 17 inches and that's without purchasing a paper-roll attachment for banner length printing. So my artist wife and her non-artistic spouse (me) couldn't be happier with this printer. It's admittedly a little expensive, but the printing results are as professional as anything I've seen.