Epson - Expression Premium XP-7100 Small-in-One Printer

I have four printers in my home printing lab.  Epson Sure Color P900 - this is my workhorse printer for black-and-white and some color, depending on the tonal range and the paper.  Canon Pixma Pro 100 - much cheaper ink, but I am less happy with the black-and-white results, though I think it does extremely well with images that are predominantly, red or green.  Epson XP7100 - my day to day home office printer that does extremely high-quality 4 x 6 glossy prints with minimal fuss.  Epson Stylus Pro 3880 - much more expensive to run on Epson inks than the P900, but much more flexible in terms of utilizing third-party in including a wide gamut set of dedicated gray scale ink.  I do my own exhibition printing and have access to a 48 inch wide format Eason roll printer.  I share all of us because this is doable, if you are serious about high-quality printing and want the precise control over what paper and output you achieve, but be prepared for a significant financial investment in ink and paper.  I also have the benefit of being taught digital printing by a highly accomplished photographer who, like me, was a skilled dark printer before moving to digital. He also just happens to have work in multiple famous museums and collections, so his printing skills are indisputable. But even with that knowledge, sometimes it takes me two or three prints to completely dial in an image. 

I really enjoy Epson and HP for their photo quality on the right printer, but have not had luck with one or two of the Canon TR series for photos. My go-to daily printer is an mono HP LaserjetPro M127 (over 10 years old) and I can't kill it even after 10 reams of printing and 1000 scans per year. The other printers I've tried for photos are Canon, because of all the good things I've heard, but just find them clunky and not as colour accurate, and the cartridge models are so expensive in ink. I have just bought another Epson delivered today which is [https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07YQLYSBD?ref=ppx\_yo2ov\_dt\_b\_fed\_asin\_title](https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07YQLYSBD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title) for the photo capability Having two printers is what I seem to need to keep costs down and get the functionality i need. Good luck in your hunt !