Need Printer. Must be good one. Recomendations.

[Home Theatre Guy]

Must be able to print Photo Quality pictures to at least A4, but Would
LOVE it to print to A3. Great if it worked with Photo paper as well.

Bonus would be it had paper trays for Both A4 and A3 so you don't have
to change the paper when you want to print Text stuff.

REFillable ink carts would be A HUGE bonus. Please note I am in
Australia, not sure if we chip our stuff here. let me know if the
carts are chiped.

I am leaning towards Canon, but for no real reason

Price rnage well no limit, I will figure out what i realy need and
what price to pay, though its a consumer printer I want, so no
MASSIVELY expensive

Thanks.

 

[measekite]

Must be able to print Photo Quality pictures to at least A4, but Would
LOVE it to print to A3. Great if it worked with Photo paper as well.

Bonus would be it had paper trays for Both A4 and A3 so you don't have
to change the paper when you want to print Text stuff.

REFillable ink carts would be A HUGE bonus. Please note I am in
Australia, not sure if we chip our stuff here. let me know if the
carts are chiped.

I am leaning towards Canon, but for no real reason

There is not reason to buy one brand over another since the printing
system includes the machine and the ink. If you are going to use
generic ink then it makes not difference as to the printer. You will
not get the beneift the printer mfg intended.

 

[Tony]

Must be able to print Photo Quality pictures to at least A4, but Would
LOVE it to print to A3. Great if it worked with Photo paper as well.

Bonus would be it had paper trays for Both A4 and A3 so you don't have
to change the paper when you want to print Text stuff.

REFillable ink carts would be A HUGE bonus. Please note I am in
Australia, not sure if we chip our stuff here. let me know if the
carts are chiped.

I am leaning towards Canon, but for no real reason

Price rnage well no limit, I will figure out what i realy need and
what price to pay, though its a consumer printer I want, so no
MASSIVELY expensive

Thanks.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/e...90569-1090569-12330450-12884612-77988313.html
or for a model with more features
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/e...090569-1090569-6516599-11601277-77660871.html

These are excellent A3 printers the first is A3+ and the second A3.

Also
http://www.canon.com.au/products/printers/colour_bj_printers/ix4000.aspx which
retails for about AU$600. This is reported to be a very good A3+ printer but I
have not actually seen one and cannot comment personally.

Also
http://epson.com.au/products/inkjet/stylusPhoto1290_0802.asp
This is an A3+ printer and I have seen the results which are superb.

The cartridges for all of the printers are chipped, the HP printers use
cartridges with printheads built in, the Epson printer uses a permanent
printhead which should have a very long life because of the technology it uses
provided the printer is used regularly. The Canon printer has a replaceable
printhead but the cost of replacement is likely to be prohibitive.
All of the cartridges can be refilled but there may be some loss of ink
monitoring capability. In some cases compatibles may be available or will
probably soon be.
If you decide to get any of them refilled you can safely use quality compatible
inks but not generic inks (they are usually hopeless), quality compatible inks
from good brands should be available in Australia.
Extra trays will mean moving to a more expensive model although the HP
Photosmart 8750 has a second single sheet tray and a 5 sheet bypass tray.
These are all photo printers, you can go down in price a little but may end up
with lesser quality output. Be sure to use a high quality compatible photo
paper for best results.
Good luck.
Tony

 

[measekite]

Beware of advice from poster who are in the printing business. Goto
www.pcworld.com and do a search for Canon printer reviews.