Printer recommendation wanted

[Northants Girly]

I was wondering if anyone has recently bought a printer that does a really good job of printing digital photos that they would recommend?

My 5 year old printer is in desperate need of replacing and I don't know where to start looking - there are so many. I think I need to get another inkjet but that's as far as I have got.
Well, I did go to Boots today but the cheapest they do is 29p per photo and I have over 300 photos I'd like to print from my last holiday - bit expensive

Any recommendations would be much appreciated

Linda

[philsmove]

I have a Epson 950 very good but expensive

It’s a year old and so I gather it now belongs in the ark

But why bother printing

buy a laptop and show your friends your entire photo collection while you have a coco and go to bed

[Steven]

I would highly recommend canon printers (www.canon.co.uk). You can select a printer and they will send you a picture so you have an idea of the quality to expect.

They have just launched the PIXMA iP3000 and iP4000, which are both quality, cheap photo printers starting at about £80.

I have to say though for printing that amount of photos you would be better taking advantage of the 50 for £5 deals that Boots and other photo printers do. Printing them at home costs far more after accounting for paper, ink and printer costs.

Cheers
Steven

[Dreadful Scathe]

Yes indeedy. Printing from home is not the cheapest option, especially considering the learning curve as you figure out how to get your software to behave. So Stevens suggestion is a good one. If you really must have a printer though you could have this Epson C86 for £66.99. (good on ink as it has cartidges for each colour)This Canon IP1500 for £43 or this Epson C46ux for £38.

Cartridges are not cheap, but you can shop around here is an ok deal, but i found that on google in 2 secs - so look around. Photo quality paper has come down in price a lot but its still not cheap either. Why do i need photo paper? Try here for photo paper at £12.99 for 100 sheets.

[Northants Girly]

Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

Cartridges are not cheap, but you can shop around here is an ok deal, but i found that on google in 2 secs - so look around. Photo quality paper has come down in price a lot but its still not cheap either. Why do i need photo paper? Try here for photo paper at £12.99 for 100 sheets.

Thanks for that. I have been buying my ink cartridges from this Ink and Stuff for a while - they are really cheap. I tend to buy any old cartidges as far as black is concerned but I buy proper Epsom ones for colour.

[Lory]

I have a Hewlett Packard, Proffesional series, Deskjet 970Cxi and I'm very happy with the quality of photo prints it produces but 1 very important factor, is the quality of the paper you use and I think that applies to all printers!

[Sheepman]

A year on in this thread, has anyone got any more recommendations?
My Epson C40+ printer has just died. (Or at least it is coming up with an error "Parts inside your printer need replacing") as ever, this is at a most inconvenient time, and I have no doubt that getting a repair is bound to be as expensive as a new printer, it's only 3 years old, and rarely used, so I'm not at all impressed.

So if anyone has experience of getting a printer repaired, I'd be grateful for advice, or should I just dump it (including 2 brand new ink cartridges ) and buy something else?

Greg

[El Salsero Gringo]

Originally Posted by Sheepman

A year on in this thread, has anyone got any more recommendations?
My Epson C40+ printer has just died. (Or at least it is coming up with an error "Parts inside your printer need replacing") as ever, this is at a most inconvenient time, and I have no doubt that getting a repair is bound to be as expensive as a new printer, it's only 3 years old, and rarely used, so I'm not at all impressed.

So if anyone has experience of getting a printer repaired, I'd be grateful for advice, or should I just dump it (including 2 brand new ink cartridges ) and buy something else?

Greg

What sort of printing do you do?

the HP HP Color laserjet 2840 colour laser printer/copier/fax (proper job, not a fall-apart plastic one) that I've read good reviews of, at about £630, might be fun.

Alternatively I've had for three years a Epson 1290 colour inkjet with a continuous ink feed system from Lyson (you buy the ink by the litre rather than piddly little cartridges). I can certainly recommend the ink system if you do a lot of printing, but it's available for a whole range of printers.
http://www.lyson.com/cis.html. The paper feed on the printer is a bit creaky, but once it gets going, it's ok.

I've had printers repaired in the distant past when a new b/w laser printer cost £1500+, but I'd be more inclined to look at a new one.

[Sheepman]

Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo

What sort of printing do you do?

Thanks for that, but I think you may have missed the "and rarely used" bit! I use it for documents occasionally, mostly B&W, and photos very rarely. I think the last time the colour cartridge was used was about 2 months ago.
So I'm looking at the circa £50 inkjet market, a £1500 laser would be nice, but pretty pointless. And yes, cartridges are expensive, but if they're lasting more than 6 months, it's not that crucial.

Greg

[Northants Girly]

Originally Posted by Sheepman

A year on in this thread . . .
Greg

Is it really so long ago??

I really must pull my finger out and sort myself out with a decent printer!

[Northants Girly]

As I've said to Sheepman I do confess I am the Queen of Procrastination


However - on Monday I did get round to buying myself a new printer

It is an HP P325

It only prints 6x4 size photos but it prints them without a border and takes any sort of memory card. If you have a camera phone which has bluetooth you can print directly from that too.
As for quality, I found out about this printer as my friend has one and I couldn't believe the quality of the photos she had printed off it.

and . . . . if you run down to your local Tesco (where I just bought mine from) they have reduced them from £124 to £64!