Re: Looking for a good photo printer

Woody wrote:
> "Luis Ortega" <lortega@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:InNjj.73668$KC3.14538@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Can anyone please suggest some A4 or A3 photo-quality inkjet
>> printers? I would like high quality for printing digital photos from
>> Photoshop. I have used Epson printers lately but there seem to be a
>> few others like Canon and HP who seem to be getting good photo
>> results. I would appreciate any firsthand experience please.
>> Thanks for any advice.
>>
>>
>
> Epsons produce good results but use a lot of ink in the cleaning
> process. You can get ink carts from other manufacturers at a fraction
> of Epson prices and in most cases the ink is acceptably good. However
> you must use an Epson printer at least once a week or it will dry up.
> They are also programmed to stop working - period - after so many
> sheets of paper have been printed, ISTR 100000 or something like that.
>
> Canon have caught up in the photo stakes enormously in the last few
> years, and they are significantly quicker than most Epsons. Of the
> more modern machines (with chipped carts) there are few if any
> alternative cart suppliers.
>
> HP are a good halfway house, especially if you use their own paper.
> Many (but not all) HP carts are refillable, and they have the
> advantage that you get a new head with each cart.
>
> LexMark are quite good but you will have difficulty getting
> alternative suppliers of carts as they are reputedly very litigious
> in the cart copyright area. When the ink runs out you buy a new
> printer as the carts alone are more expensive than the original cost
> of the printer including carts!
>
> Most of the above use chipped cartridges which show as empty when
> there is as much as 30% ink still left. Epson will stop working at
> that point and IME experience need a full new set of carts. You can
> however download software of the net that can fool the machine into
> ignoring the cart chips. Canon gives you the option to ignore the
> alarm. Can't speak for HP.

In the case of HP Its just a counter on the computer, that also remembers 
the count on the Last 3 carts Should you place one back in. You are able
to 
just ignore and keep using the cart until it runs out of ink

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Trev
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