No. I saw it in a shop a few weeks ago. And was wondering. I just viewed the video 
George
Interesting discussion. I worked in R&D half my life for a printer company, Canon, and OcƩ before they were integrated within Canon.
Iām not going to tell you which printer to buy. Calibrating your monitor is a must, keeping the brightness low as well. If you stick to the recommended paper-ink combination, profiling isnāt necessary. If not, it is mandatory and you usually donāt have the proper equipment.
Printing at home is expensive. Paper and ink cost you a leg, as does experimenting.
If you are a pro, you can do the math. If you are an amateur like me, printing now and then and rarely larger than A3, go to a good print provider. Saves you more than you imagine.
With good print providers I mean e.g. Whitewall in Germany, Profotonet in The Netherlands. The latter only for chemical photo papers, not inkjet.
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I donāt print myself. I mostly use Profotonet as my print service. A few times I had the same picture printed by different printservices. I must say I didnāt see much differences. But thatās me.
George
I use the inks (Dye) as working inks, as I have a good handle on them after a lot of trial and error and they work well on many papers (including no-names). In addition, the ink (the one in the EcoTank but also the other Epson inks) is inexpensive and reliable. This was crucial during the trial period. In particular, testing different lighting situations for the printout would have been too expensive with pigment inks. In addition, I like to experiment with the print and creatively adjust the parameters (e.g. print intensity of a color or screening). This is not possible with a photo service.
Apart from that, I have experienced consistently high quality inks, and refilling has also been problem-free. Longer durability, UV resistance and water resistance of the print are reserved for pigment inks. Based on current experience, I would leave these prints to the printing professionals. I currently use ET-2820 and XP-15000 for photo prints.
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In the XP-15000 I use inks from Farbenwerk including refill cartridges. Then it becomes inexpensive.
I use the Epson ET8550 and get very good results. Itās very cheap to run too.
I have sold a few sports photos printed with the ET8550 and have only had good feedback from customers.
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I have been using Epson printers for years, and the one thing I found was that I needed to print a head pattern once a week. Since doing that I have never had any blocked heads. Uses less ink then head cleaning.
I currently use two printers. one ET2750 for general printing and an XP1500 for photo printing. They are both about three years old now and never a blocked head.
Joanna, if you wish to resurrect your old Epson printer. It might be worth doing what I had to get my grandson to do with a previous printer, as my arthritis would not allow me to unclip the heads properly. I could open up the housing, no problem.
The method I learned was to lay the heads on several layers of folded kitchen towel, made wet and several folded layers on top made very wet. It will take several weeks for it to work. if the bottom layer dries out, make sure that the top layer is always very wet. If the top layer is not keeping the bottom layer wet, then replace both layers with fresh kitchen towel. Good luck if you do attempt it. By the way. Donāt forget to dry the heads properly and leave to stand a couple of days to thoroughly dried out. Not like my grandson who decided to do his old printer. Forgot to dry the heads properly. He said he enjoyed the fireworks. Heās been using the one he cleaned that I gave him for over two years now.
Too late! I already passed them on to a friend who knows more about repairing them and, if he is successful, he will pass them on to some deserving cause. Fortunately, I was able to charge enough for printing exhibitions for other photographers, whilst I had them, to cover the cost of buying them so, although I wasnāt able to make a fortune, at least it wasnāt totally dead money.
Anyway, we had got to the stage where we really wanted to print bigger, hence the A2 Canon Pro 1000. Although we both wished we could have afforded an A1 printer, we had to face up to simply not having the space to install it - not to mention the ā¬3 500 price tag 
Ouch, that hurts.
I must admit. I keep on toying with the idea of going a2 and was originally looking at the pro 1000 and now the 1100 and that price still hurts. Still keep toying with it, though.
I have been printing casually and for sale for 20+ years on Epson printers. My 10+ year old Epson R3000 just died and after much research went with Keith Cooperās suggestion of the ET8550. It is mostly a dye based ink supply. (1 Pigment) and have been printing on a variety of papers over the last week and I am more than happy with the results. If you are selling prints, the Dye/Pigment decision is one you need to consider although at 73 my prints from either will live longer than I will. I have no complaints with the R3000, it served me well with nothing other than ink needed over the 10 years. I seriously considered the R700 but honestly, with the ET8550 and proper profiles I am getting good screen match with my calibrated monitor and Photolab 8 wit files from my Fuji Xpro2 and my Nikon Zf and D800. I wouldnāt hesitate for a minute to recommend the 8550.
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I agree with the print reliability of the new epsons. I have had the pc 700 for the last 3 years, print maybe max 6 a month for camera club comps and sometimes donāt print for 3 months during the summer. Never had a problem with blocked jets.
Iāll add another endorsement for Epson EcoTank printers. Iāve had an ET-3750 for over four years with over 25,000 pages printed (albeit very few photos printed). Weāve used it as our workhorse/office printer, especially when tutoring grandkids during the pandemic. No issues, with occasional print head and roller cleaning. The savings in printer ink has more than paid for the printer. More recently Iāve started doing some photo printing (limited to Letter 8.5x11 inches/A4 for this model) with results better than I had expected. New models (e.g., 8550) offer larger print sizes and more ink options.
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I once had an Epson Workforce as an office-printer and they got the new printhed tech (Precision Core) long before the photo-printers got it. The P600 sadly just missed it because it was the very joint between the old and the new print head tech.
Could you share which papers you are using please?
Good morning, honestly I have a large selection of papers left from my R3000 use. but My āgo toā papers are epson, I agree with Keith Cooper that there is absolutely nothing wrong with them and for me consistency is critical. 70% of the time I choose ultra premium photo paper luster, 20 % ultra premium photo paper matte and a mix for the last 10% Sometimes glossy or metallic or watercolor. If you are looking for a lower cost I also use āPremierā Luster.
I should add that 99% of my stuff is landscape.
Thanks for the response. I have problems sourcing Epson papers locally. Is this the one ? S041341Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte, 8.5" x 11", 50 sheets | Epson US
Yes, perhaps other photographers in France might have a better solution for something available locally. Epson can be found everywhere in the USA. There are a number of excellent paper sources. I am just not familiar with the market in France. I see that Canson and Fujifilm both sell in France and they are certainly top notch.
Canson do some amazing papers. Personally, I very rarely (voire jamais) use matte, but I accidentally ordered their Baryta Photographique II Matte, which a friend had a play with and really liked.
I use their non-matte version all the time.
Then, thereās always Hahnemulle, who make a wide range of matte papers, but they can be expensive.
Oddly Canon papers are widely available and often discounted. Epson papers are not. So right now I use Canon papers in my Epson, I also have a Canon printer so this works out well.
The only problem with Canon papers is finding a profile for the 8550. 3rd party papers might have them. You will always get the best results when you use the correct profile for your printer.