Epson Vs. Canon

Decorating By jstritt Updated 12 Oct 2006 , 11:48pm by cryssi

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jstritt Posted 11 Oct 2006 , 4:16pm
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Does anyone have a edible imaging system using either the Canon printers or Epson printers? I want to purchase one but don't know which is best. On one side, I have heard that Canon is better, and then I have also heard that Epson is better. I went to Kopykake.com to look at the compatible printers, and I can not find the Canon printers anywhere, and I can only find a few of the Epson printers.

Does anyone have any suggestions on this issue? (I have searched the forums on here, but I can't seem to find anything on this topic. I keep getting an error message.)

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missyek Posted 11 Oct 2006 , 5:22pm
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Canon is discontinuing a lot of their printers--I think one reason why KK may have gotten inks for Epson printers. I have a Canon for my edible stuff and an Epson for my normal printer. I like them both. Becasue they are different companies, the printers have/do different things, so if you are used to Canon's, switching to Epson may take some time to figure the differences. I think if you can find a compatible printer at this point, Canon or Epson, either will work just fine. For doing edible images, you do not need to the high quality/more expensive printers that you would want if you were printing regular pictures--it would just be a waste of money.

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stephanie214 Posted 11 Oct 2006 , 9:22pm
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After doing a lot of research and talking to Laura at Kopykake, I finally settled on the Epson 3810. I purchased it brand new from ebay and brought the inks and papers from kopykake.

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smbegg Posted 11 Oct 2006 , 9:28pm
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This is just my personal experience from regular printers, but we have had nothing but trouble with Epson and absolutly love Cannon!

It may be totally different with Edible images though.

Stephanie

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Cakepro Posted 11 Oct 2006 , 9:51pm
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I can't comment on the Epson but I LOVE my Canon Pixma 3000 for printing edible images!

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jstritt Posted 11 Oct 2006 , 9:53pm
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Thank you for the information. An edible imaging system is my Christmas present. I'm so excited!!!

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littleredtonya Posted 12 Oct 2006 , 11:36pm
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I have an Epson Stylus C88 and love it. Took me a little bit to get it figured out, but once I did look out, I was making copies and putting them away to use later.

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cryssi Posted 12 Oct 2006 , 11:48pm
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I am also an epson girl - c88+ here! I've only printed one sheet of 3" circles so far, but I was thoroughly impressed. Also, DH and I love epson printers anyway...we have 3!

our local compusa is closing, so DH bought my printer for 25% off or something like that.

ordered the edible stuff from kopykake, very easy!

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