>>4277919>BUT you probably want dye ink anyway. you don't need to print every 5 days so the nozzles won't clog up. Clogging has not been a problem for me with Epson pigment inks. I've owned two Epson pro pigment ink printers and had zero clogging issues. I've gone months without printing and either had a clean nozzle check or a clean check after one head cleaning. The only reason I even upgraded to a P900 is because my 3880 had a photo/matte black switch failure (common after 10 years), and the P900 does away with the ink switching shit.
>the inks are less expensiveThat depends on model and cart size.
>and you don't scratch your prints that easily. I haven't had a problem with this, but pigment prints are a little easier to scratch.
>take your 5 favorite photos. print them on dye and then on pigment and compare. That has been a non-issue since the early 2010's. The IQ is incredible, and you have to hunt for an example where a dye printer is a bit more color accurate than a pigment one.
>if you really want pigment shell out for the canon pro 1000 (the pro 300 is too expensive for what it is. and the inks on the 1000 cost you less as the cartridges hold more ink).Agreed. I did end up sticking with Epson over a few feature differences (P900), each one has advantages over the other. But the Pro 1000 is excellent. Just pick the one with the features you want.
NONE OF THIS is to shit on dye printers. Their IQ is excellent and they are cost effective. The main difference is longevity, and I personally wanted that. But dye ink photo printers are to the point that their longevity matches photo lab prints. Pigment prints just get into centuries.
