Re: Looking for a good photo printer

Thanks, that was very informative.

"Woody" <woody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Luis Ortega" <lortega@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 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.
>
>
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> Woody
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