Canon PIXMA Pro9500 or HP B9180

[bez]

The bold statement applied to paper manufacturers rather than end-users, whatever the virtues, or faults of any particular printer.
Interesting what you say about stability/consistency; can’t say I’ve noticed any drift over 2 years with a 3800, but perhaps I should look again, although I don’t do a lot of colour … shall trawl through the archived prints - mostly rejects

[gcrogers]

I think what Bez meant was from the perspective of the paper manufacturers, and thusly the supplier of corresponding profiles, that they would be out of the game, not you!

Bez is a true gentleman and he really knows his printers. He just can't write.

edit: Oops, I didn't see Bez's reply. I'll keep this here just to razz him.

[bez]

Thank you Greg, yes my statement was a little blunt and perhaps open to misreading
And despite your kind words I really only know three Epson printers (unsurprisingly) although I have closely studied output from many others, along with the numerous posts and reviews here in the forum.