Hi, Gary,
Our company offers custom, framed photos to veterans. We use their original
photo to create the photo for use in the frame. Our framed work is built
around an 8x10 size but I wanted the ability to offer larger sizes at some
point in the future. That was my sole purpose in wanting larger sizes
available.
This printer allows us to keep the original photos in-house and not risk
taking them to an outside shop.
If I were looking for a printer for personal use I would likely have gone
with the Canon i950. Like you, If I needed something larger for my personal
use I would just take it to a shop, it would happen so rarely.