Epson has a new — well, relatively new — printer called the Stylus Pro 9880 which can produce inkjet prints 40" wide. And it costs $5,000, which is a fraction of what a printer this size would have cost even five years ago.
I do 100% of my art on the Mac now — no natural media at all. One of the drawbacks to this method of working is that there's no way to hang it for display.
There are a couple of companies in town that do this kind of printing on a per-piece basis, but they are insanely expensive. If I bought this printer, it would pay for itself versus commercial reproduction in about three to five years.
So I'm struggling with whether to go forward with this. I'm guessing that with paper and archival ink, the price would be closer to $7k.
Is this a purchase I can justify? That's what I have to decide.
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