I’m partial to big photo prints. Sure, A4 prints look great close-up but hang them on the wall and they look a little lost and unimposing. A3 is the next step up but A3+ is even better, with a page size of 13x19 inches. There are quite a few A3+ printers on the market, including the likes of the Canon Pixma PRO-200 dye-based printer and the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-300 pigment-based printer. These are properly pro-grade machines to suit photographers who sell prints for a living, with sets of 8 or 10 cartridges respectively for an epic color space and a spectacular tonal range. Epson’s own SureColor SC-P700 pigment-based cartridge printer falls into the same category. But there’s that word, ‘cartridges’. The need to frequently replace cartridges in these printers can work out very expensive, as well as being a time-wasting chore. The Epson ET-18100 is an ‘EcoTank’ printer that’s based on relatively large tanks of ink, replenished by bottles that are very much cheaper to buy. It sets out to be one of the best Epson printers, in a line-up that includes some of the best inkjet printers, the best portable printers, and the best photo printers.
