Re: Slightly OT - Best Photo Printer?

Tom Scales writes:

Tom> "Von Fourche" <Khonakong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>> Can anyone recommend any good and some what cheap photo printers that
>> produce good photos? For the first time I tried printing my own pictures
>> I took with my 2.1 m. pix camera. I used the cheap printer that came with
>> the Dell I got over Christmas time. I used a full sized black cartridge
>> but also used the miniature color introductory cartridge that came with
>> printer. I got horrible results. First I tried printing a picture the
>> size of a whole piece of paper. After one third of the picture was
>> printed I started seeing a big streak up and down the picture. Then
>> another streak was printed. I then tried printing a smaller picture the
>> size of a postcard and again there was a vertical streak in the picture.
>> Also, besides the streaks, I was not happy with the rest of the picture.
>>
>> On the other hand, I took my memory card up to my brothers house and
>> he stuck it in his portably printer. He printed out two 6 x 4 picks that
>> look as good as you get from the photo shops. His portable printer only
>> prints 6 x 4 picks tho. Also, it took forever for my cheap Dell printer
>> to print my two picks.
>>
>> Anyway, I want something under $200.00 (preferable around $100.00) that
>> can print picks up to the size of a piece of paper. I at least want to
>> print decent picks half the size of a regular piece of paper. Any
>> recommendations?
>>
>> Much Thanks!
>>
>>
>>

Tom> Well, this is what I do and I have photo printers capable of printing up to
Tom> 24" x 100 feet.

Tom> Canons are fast and make nice pictures, but they are not archival, as they
Tom> use dye inks. They'll fade. Pretty fast.

Tom> Epsons are archival and produce fantastic results. Not sure why Jay had
Tom> problems with his carts drying up. I've had carts go 8 months between uses
Tom> and not dry up. They work very well.

IT is a common problem with some Epsons, but regular head cleaning
is said to prevent the problem. I am not sure it if is a problem with
their pigment ink printers.

Tom> I strongly recommend Epson.



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