Printing wildlife (and other) photographs

Don't know about HP Printers, The one i use is a cannon pro 9000 mk11 it has 8 ink tanks, I only use cannon inks ( don't buy compatible inks) It will print up to A3+. The paper i use is Ilford Galerie Professional inkjet photo range Prestige instant dry fantastic quality prints, what more can a say.

Brian.

 This is the paper i use It is suitable for HP Printers I buy it 100 sheets at a time.

In general I find HP better for printing text and Cannon and Epsom for printing photos.

I agree with Bill, I have used HP in the past but now use an Epson P600 A3 printer. Ilford paper is good but there are many others available. I have published a couple of short articles about paper and ink choice on my website: davids.org.uk 

You don't say how many or what size images you wish to print but it may be better to have them made commercially.

My wife makes her colour prints on a Canon Pixma A4 inkjet and the quality is very good especially when you consider they cost less than £100. We use third party inks in it with very good results.

You shouldn't use non canon inks in any canon printer as it will destroy the ink cartridge holder. I have printed over 1400 A4 prints and over 90 A3 prints and always used genuine Canon inks

This is the review of this printer not cheap.

http://www.alphr.com/canon/29348/canon-pixma-pro9000-mark-ii-review

Good for you, I'm sure that Canon will be pleased to read your post.

My experience differs. 

I don't bother to print photos at home, just pop pics onto an SD card and pop down to Boots, other print shops available.

I never print at home, I find it is very expensive, quality is variable and can only print up to A4.

I concentrate on wildlife as I am retired and taking pic's keeps me on the go.  I send any printing that I want done to DSCL ( any search will bring it up), the quality is top notch, A4's around a pound, A3 not much more.  I can often send in an order and receive it back next day, not every time, but usually.

The attached picture I had blown to A3, the quality was spot on, I could never do this at home and DSCL has never produced anything less than brilliant.

Hope this helps.

Good tip Greylag, just looked at their site, have ordered a calendar just to confirm quality.  BTW, another great picture, what camera, lenses do you use?