What is a Good Qualtity Photo printer and cheap to run

Iam looking for a good photo printer to use in a home office. It needs
to be of high qualtity and also have low runing cost. I already have a
laser for all my black and white printing needs so this will be only
used for photos. I have a sony Digital cammera 2 megapix. These will
be the main photos that i need to print.

Thanks for your Help(In advance)

I have an Epson C80 here at home, and have been pretty happy with it. It's not the
absolute greatest top-of-the-line photo printer, but it's quite a bit better than my HP at
work that cost about $150 more.

The C80 has been replaced by the C82, if I remember correctly.

It has separate ink tanks for each color, so you don't have to buy a whole 3-color
cartridge when you are low on just one ink.

Seems like you should be able to get a C82 for around $120 or so.




"Adam G" <adamgood@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Iam looking for a good photo printer to use in a home office. It needs
> to be of high qualtity and also have low runing cost. I already have a
> laser for all my black and white printing needs so this will be only
> used for photos. I have a sony Digital cammera 2 megapix. These will
> be the main photos that i need to print.
>
> Thanks for your Help(In advance)

adamgood@bigpond.com (Adam G) wrote in message news:<a9e8bf94.0306280156.77bc2912@posting.google.com>...
> Iam looking for a good photo printer to use in a home office. It needs
> to be of high qualtity and also have low runing cost. I already have a
> laser for all my black and white printing needs so this will be only
> used for photos. I have a sony Digital cammera 2 megapix. These will
> be the main photos that i need to print.
>
> Thanks for your Help(In advance)


Probably Canon's i950 printer will best suit your needs. Cheap to run,
low ink costs, extremly sharp and vivid output, 6-ink printing,
doesn't clog, replaceable printhead, very fast.
I don't know about those 2MP on your camera, perhaps the quality would
be higher if you had a 3MP camera.

OR

Epson 950/960. The quality is on par with Canon i950. It's also cheap
to run, can print on wide variety of Epson papers, can print on a roll
and then cut it so you will get 4x6" pics.
The problem here is that it may seriously clog if you don't use it for
2-3 weeks. Another thing is the speed. It is sloooooooow when compared
to Canon i950. You may wait even about 20 mins for highest quality A4
photo (2-3 mins on Canon).

Personally I recommend Canon i950 - you won't have to baby sit it like
Epson and there are less problems with it (as mentioned: doesn't
clog!).

Finally, the costs. Epson is more expensive than Canon and its inks
run out a bit faster... But Epson has a wide variety of papers which
are quite cheap. (Archival ratings almost the same).


Here's a link to compare Canon i950 and Epson 960(950) photo
quality:

http://www.dp-now.com/cgi-bin/forum/forum.pl/read/5661

Well done Canon i950 review:

http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/in...i950/page_1.htm



Wayne

On 28 Jun 2003 14:59:17 -0700, wayne123@o2.pl (Wayne) wrote:

but between the i950 & the Epson 950/960 -- which has the longer life
of the prints b4 they begin to fade?

also, are these both 2 picoliters (is that the correct term)?
>
>Probably Canon's i950 printer will best suit your needs. Cheap to run,
>low ink costs, extremly sharp and vivid output, 6-ink printing,
>doesn't clog, replaceable printhead, very fast.
>I don't know about those 2MP on your camera, perhaps the quality would
>be higher if you had a 3MP camera.
>
>OR
>
>Epson 950/960. The quality is on par with Canon i950. It's also cheap
>to run, can print on wide variety of Epson papers, can print on a roll
>and then cut it so you will get 4x6" pics.
>The problem here is that it may seriously clog if you don't use it for
>2-3 weeks. Another thing is the speed. It is sloooooooow when compared
>to Canon i950. You may wait even about 20 mins for highest quality A4
>photo (2-3 mins on Canon).
>
>Personally I recommend Canon i950 - you won't have to baby sit it like
>Epson and there are less problems with it (as mentioned: doesn't
>clog!).
>
>Finally, the costs. Epson is more expensive than Canon and its inks
>run out a bit faster... But Epson has a wide variety of papers which
>are quite cheap. (Archival ratings almost the same).
>
>
>Here's a link to compare Canon i950 and Epson 960(950) photo
>quality:
>
>http://www.dp-now.com/cgi-bin/forum/forum.pl/read/5661
>
>Well done Canon i950 review:
>
>http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/in...i950/page_1.htm
>
>
>
>Wayne

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2nd question: do you need to use special photo cartridges on either
of these? (Canon or Epson)
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Judy Cosler wrote:
> 2nd question: do you need to use special photo cartridges on either
> of these? (Canon or Epson)

The Canon i850 is a very good (not just good) photo printer. There
are just the four standard colors (4 separate cartridges), no special
photo cartridges. Running this printer becomes dirt cheap if you
refill it yourself. I use quality bulk ink.

I'd recommend staying away from Epson, their cartridges have electronic
security chips complicating refilling, and even causing erroneous
readings.

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What do the above mean, because I just don't see what I'm think I'm
supposed to be seeing.

-Taliesyn

The Canon i950 doesn't require you to swap cartridges, if that's what you're
asking; you load all six and leave them in. I'm pretty sure the Epson 960 is
the same, but haven't seen one.

--

Jerry Schwartz
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http://www.writebynight.com

"Judy Cosler" <jcosler@starpower.net> wrote in message
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> 2nd question: do you need to use special photo cartridges on either
> of these? (Canon or Epson)
> ((.)) '))
> ((((((((
> ))(/)((

> but between the i950 & the Epson 950/960 -- which has the longer life
> of the prints b4 they begin to fade?

Almost the same 25-30 years (on the best Epson paper, prints can last
about 25-30 years, Canon - 25 years). But it heavily depends on the
conditions in which they are being stored so the may fade quicker or
last longer - generally both of them last 25 years.

> 2nd question: do you need to use special photo cartridges on either
> of these? (Canon or Epson)


No. They are PURE PHOTO PRINTERS so they don't need any additional
photo cartidges - they're shipped with the printer.
Canon has 6 inks (Cyan, Light Cyan, Magenta, Light Magenta, Yellow and
Black)while Epson 7 (two black inks - but when only one of them ends,
you will have to replace it and you cannot print with the second black
cartdige - strange).

Taliesyn <Taliesyn4@netscape.net> wrote in message news:<3EFEE3B4.6050204@netscape.net>...

> The Canon i850 is a very good (not just good) photo printer. There
> are just the four standard colors (4 separate cartridges), no special
> photo cartridges. Running this printer becomes dirt cheap if you
> refill it yourself. I use quality bulk ink.


Although the Canon i850 is a very good printer on printing photos, it
just doesn't match the quality of the 6-ink i950 or epson 960 - the
diffrence is quite big.
I850 is more an all-around printer than a dedicated photo printer so
if you need a printer that will print mainly photos, go with 6-ink
systems.
There are some exceptions though. I must say that i850 prints a lot
better photos than hp's 7150 and 7350 (6-ink printers) and is on par
with hp 5550 quality with 6 inks (i850 can be more vivid and the skin
tones (!) more realistic than those from 5550).

> I'd recommend staying away from Epson, their cartridges have electronic
> security chips complicating refilling, and even causing erroneous
> readings.

Yeah, those chips can sometimes be a bit inaccurate but almost
everytime they are right so it's not a big problem. They do complicate
refilling though.

Wayne

"David Chien" <chiendh@uci.edu> wrote in message
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> Epson 825 (built-in card reader, prints w/o PC attached and with PC as a
> regular printer). $129 or less
>
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/...es&oid=22708394
>
> Otherwise, Epson 820 for $79
>
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/...nk+Jet+Printers
> Even cheaper on www.ebay.com
>
> These will have lowest printer costs out today.

You've got to be kidding... Both of those Epson's have one black cartridge
and a color with all FIVE colors in it. So if light cyan runs out, you have
to replace the entire cartridge. The 820 seems much more prone to clogging
than other printers, from what I've read. No wonder it's only $50 now...

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:46:46 -0700, David Chien <chiendh@uci.edu>
wrote:

>Epson

Epson inkjets = easy to clog up, dot matrix loud, chipped carts.

David Chien = Usenet Epson troll, liar