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Arlene: My problem with printers sort of comes from the opposite direction: My main printer up to last year was an HP Photosmart Pro 8750, purchased new in winter of 2005. I went on to make prints for several exhibitions (one of them mine), did a good deal of other print jobs for myself and others. Loved the thing so much that not only did I pass over the 8750's successor (the B9180, which turned out to be a dog), but I went out and bought a barely-used 8750 as a backup in case this one broke down (which it hasn't). The thing has nearly never clogged, dumped ink, or had the usual hissy-fits common with the Epsons in my past. The problem now isn't with the printer, but HP itself: they essentially cut the legs out from under the 8750 by discontinuing production of the very inks and papers that made this machine shine, leaving me with a pair of perfectly-functioning printers which are basically useless for my purposes.

I have inherited a mostly-functioning Epson R3000 which, once I've dealt with one particularly-stubborn nozzle, will take the place of both 8750s. I've noted that HP hasn't had a decent 13-inch printer in their lineup for some time - whether that's merely a reflection of market demand for printers in that format, too much pummeling from Epson, or (my pick) a symptom of HP's ongoing corporate scheiss-show, I can't entirely say. But it looks like I'm back with Epson for the moment, however reulctantly. In the end, it's all about support.

- Barrett

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