In the course of testing, I’ve printed a lot of copies of this particular version of my B&W test image. Making a comparison of the Canon Pixma Pro 200 vs Prograf 300, the top two photo printers currently available, there isn’t much to separate them. The Pro 300 offers technically better print quality, but at a higher price and a higher ink cost. For most home users, the Pro 200 is the better choice, unless you will be printing a large volume of photos, where the Pro 300 is preferred. The Pro-300 beats the Pro-1000, in my opinion, based on two factors: the much lower price, and much lower official ink replacement cost. The Pro-300 is essentially a home version of the Pro-1000, designed to be used intermittently, rather than everyday. It takes up a relatively small amount of desk space for a professional photo printer, and far less than the Pro-1000.” Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 SP1, Mac OS X v10.11.6 - macOS v10.15, 14 iOS, Android, Windows 10 Mobile Epson Print Layout comes to the rescue in the form of a plug-in that replaces Photoshop's Print dialog box when the time comes to print your photo or artwork.

The printer has Ethernet (10/100), USB (3) and WiFI connectivity (2.4 and 5). The wired ports are at the rear, under a fold out panel.Remember that a rubbish photo is a rubbish photo no matter how much you crank up the settings… Software If you’re a Mac user, then do have a look at the full setup article, since you will want to make sure you don’t accidentally set up your printer driver in AirPrint mode. Usually first noticed when all sorts of print options seem not to be there. You’ll appreciate that I can say this out loud since I don’t sell printers. I’m sure many printer manufacturers would like to as well, but marketing would never allow it ;-)

As well as using Epson profiles for some of their papers, I created quite a few profiles of my own, typically from nearly 3000 patches on an A3+ sheet. There is also no touchscreen, or screen of any kind, which is to be expected with such a low cost product, although the fairly mediocre color accuracy is less easy to dismiss. Photo prints are still pretty good, although you may see some banding and over-saturation of colors when compared to your monitor. Apart from the standard test procedures in evaluating an inkjet printer, it is always interesting to run a few extra tests. In this case, it was a sheet sized at 900x329mm that was cut and flattened from a 17-inch roll of Ilford Omnijet satin paper. Some preliminary test strips indicated that the Epson semi-gloss profile would work well. Depending on the size of the print there are two options for making wide panoramic prints. One uses sheets of paper cut to the right size, whilst the other uses roll paper. Here’s a print on ‘Double A4’ paper (210mm x 594mm), with another sheet ready to go in the top feed. It’s from a trip to Cornwall a few years ago.

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