Printer recommendations

[John]

Hello,

I am looking into printing at home from computer. Image quality at approximately 4 x 6 is the main criteria. I have heard good things about Hi Touch dye subs, or Epson Picture Mate. Does anyone prefer others such as Canon inkjet or dye sub, Olympus, others? Thanks for your input.

 

[Honu-Hugger]

Can only comment on my recent switch from Canon to Epson R2400 -- I really like the Epson a lot!!!

 

[Nikon Bob]

As a second option, it may be cheaper to get 4X6s done at a photo kiosk. You would still have control over what the image looks like by post processing it yourself before taking it to be printed.

Bob

 

[hjfischer]

As a second option, it may be cheaper to get 4X6s done at a photo kiosk. You would still have control over what the image looks like by post processing it yourself before taking it to be printed.

Well not always. I had several 'post processed' images on a CD printed at Sam's Club recently and all were extremely color shifted even though I had prepared them using the Fuji color profile for their machine. I know they can be redone by the lab but for a few prints you can't beat doing them on your own printer.

 

[djon]

Epson, especially if you can consider a printer that makes bigger prints occasionally. It's exactly as easy to make big prints as little ones..identical process, identical settings.

 

[Bill K.]

I'v had a Canon i850 for a couple of years. it's only 4 colour & I even refill the ink tanks using a kit purchased at Costco.

It does a good job on 4 X 6 prints and the occasional 5 X 7 or 8 X 10.

I use the Picasa 2 software which is free and an quite happy.

Hope this helps, & good luck.

Regards,

Bill K.

 

[Nikon Bob]

If you want to do prints at home then I can recommend the HP 7960. I use it and have had great results up tp 8X10 as it won't really print larger. It will do super B&W prints with no special programs or inks needed other than that supplied with the printer. For a review see here http://www.photo-i.co.uk/ . I can't say enough good things about this printer.

Bob

 

[lido]

I highly recommend Epson printers. If you have money for it, I would get R800, as it uses archival inks good for over 100 years if printed on archival paper. I have R200 (same printer as R300, just less features) and love it. I use it for colour printing and use Epson C86 with MIS B&W inks for black and white printing.

These recommendations are based on the assumption that you don't want to spend $1000 + on a printer, but if you do, I would go for one of the new Epsons that use K3 archival inks.