Jan 12
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Best Photo Printer – see?
Hi guys
wondering if anyone could help me.
I’ve been asked to print off a lot of my photos which I have done on a few occassions but the print quality isn’t that spectacular.
Can anyone recommend a decent printer that isn’t going to cost the earth to refil the inks etc and will give me decent print quality.
Many thanks
That’s a very difficult question. The accountants amongst us will probably tell you that no printer will actually save you money – the cost of owning, filling and using one is greater than getting prints made for you. You only actually save money if you make enough prints to justify the cost of a large format printer (A2 and above).
What you gain is control over the process.
This isn’t an answer, nor is it intended to be. The first questions to ask are “what’s the maximum size”? and “do you want to print black and white”? (though if the answer to the second is “yes” the only printers that will do it to an acceptable quality as far as I know are A3 and larger).
If you want to use fine art paper, that knocks out a few more best photo printer.
From the point of view of saving money and getting an acceptable quality, make sure that your monitor is accurately profiled and use a professional quality printing company.
You seem to be a small volume printer; people will tell you that Epson have a reputation for blocked nozzles if you don’t print regularly. The other major player is Canon; in my experience (limited to one model against 4 Epsons) they are slightly worse (100% blockage rate, whereas 2 Epsons never blocked; and the Canon guzzled ink to clear a blocked nozzle).