I think that all inkjets will suffer from nozzle problems if they arent used enough and left sitting unused for weeks. Quality wise there isnt much to pick between Epson or Canon, Epson used to have nozzle issues but they seem to have got that sorted out now with their later printers. The Epson inks are pigment based and as such are said to outlast even wet chemical process prints. I make custom profiles for different papers, not had any problems printing on art papers. Although using default settings can really over ink art papers.

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