Canon Pixma Pro 9500

[LensBaby]

This is what I use and I must say the photos are gorgeous!!!!!

I am addicted to the 13x19 photos. You can also print on the fine art papers as well. It has a top loader and a bottom loader, in case you want to print art quality prints. It has 10 ink cartridges, and it prints photo lab quality prints. There is also a 9000 and it is $300.00 cheaper. It also does the above operations)

[Snappers]

Hi Lensbaby,
How long does your ink tend to last in that?

[LensBaby]

It last longer than my regular printer and I hardly ever use that printer!! I can say it goes alot quicker when you are printing 13x19 one after another,but usually it is just one tank at a time that runs low, so it isn't usually doesnt cost that much at one time. When I printed a ton of the 13x19s like crazy it still only made 3 tanks go low, so I would say it is a rather good printer as far as ink. (Thank goodness its not a Lexmark) I printed all of those 13x19s for a family memeber. They turned out great.

[Snappers]

What sort of price is it for the individual tanks then?

[LensBaby]

I them at staples for 15.00 each. They also have really nice photo paper that they have buy one get one free all of the time (this is the way that I buy it) I used to spend more taking my pics to get them developed and even then ...if they do not calibrate their machines, you have a chance of getting horrible photos.

[Snappers]

Hmmmm Thanks, I may well look into one of them then.

Sounds like a good investment.

[LensBaby]

Yeah its amazing. I know a professional photographer that uses the 9000. He loves it also.It doesn't matter how nice of a camera you have if you have your photos developed by a lab that doesn't take excellent care of the equipment. You know what I mean?

[Snappers]

Cheapest price I can see the printers for at the moment is £392 so it will have to wait until after Santa but certainly worth looking at.

[LensBaby]

I can honestly say they have awesome color. For someone that isn't into photography it would be pointless to buy it, but for people such as ourselves...GREAT!

[Snappers]

Do you know if you can fit one of those ink tank devices onto this so that you have a continuous supply of ink, much cheaper than buying cartridges all the time.

[LensBaby]

I dont know. I never checked into it. What is it exactly?

[Snappers]

http://www.globalprintsupply.com/product.php?productid=16194&cat=0&page=1&featured

It is similar to this.

Basically, you have large tanks which you put your ink in, (Which is brought in bulk) and then these tanks feed your printer.

I saw them when i was looking into printing mugs etc, and they seemed a good idea at the time.