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Best Photo Printer?

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jj1492

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Hey all, I was wondering what eveyone thinks is the best photo printer on the market today. Suggestions?
 
I still love my Canon i950. People stop by my office all the time and ask me about the prints that I have hanging. Four of my co-workers were convinced by looking at the photos and bought i950's too.
 
Originally posted by: pm
I still love my Canon i950. People stop by my office all the time and ask me about the prints that I have hanging. Four of my co-workers were convinced by looking at the photos and bought i950's too.
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And your printer is still mated to an S230? Any idea how those prints would look with a Canon G2 hooked up to it?
 
canon i950 is very nice printer. the output is amazing, and most of all it is FAST and you can buy refillable ink kits that bring ink costs down to $1 per tank
 
I did research last week on photo printer
Got same results as as above
Canon i850 was last years "best" by forgot who
Canon 950 is this years new model.
The 850 has 4 ink tanks and the 950 has 6 tanks, supposedly gives better flesh color.
That s all I know .. buying something next week
 
MaximumPC recommended one of the Epson photo printers. Can't remember which one off hand, but I'll post back when I get home.
 
Epson probably makes the printers that produce the best photo quality. That said, they do have some clogging problems when not used regularly. After years of using HP inkjets, I've given up on them for awhile because all 3 developed paper feeding problems.
 
You need to qualify your statement. I think that the Tektronix Phaser 780 is the best photo quality printer. But I don;t think that $8,000 or more is in your budget.
 
Any new Epson or Canon photo printer wil produce excellent results. If you want to print nice photos get good paper.
 
GT, in my "review" I mentioned that we had a comparison with an S900. He uses a G2. But I have't printed any of his photos, although his look very nice. A very slight tendancy towards blue on outdoor pictures, but very nice. The detail is excellent.

One of my co-workers here just bought a G3 and then he bought a Canon i950 for it (he's since become an even bigger advocate of it than I am). His photos look fantastic.

As far as Epson, having looked at the output of two newer Epsons (Epson 925 and the larger format one... a 1120?) very close up I'd say that it is similar enough in quality to the Canon as to be very difficult to judge the winner between the two.

Lastly, as regards paper, a friend (the one with the G2) hung up the same photo printed on 4 types of paper (Ilford Gallerie, Red River Polar, Epson Photo, Canon Photo Pro). The fade test has been running for 4 months now and there is a clear loser in the group. The Epson, Red River and Ilford all still look fine, but the Canon (printed on a Canon S900 printer using the same inks that are in the i950) has noticeably faded towards orangeish/bronze. I highly recommend buying high-end photo paper for the best quality prints, but I'm becoming less enamoured with Canon Photo Pro paper every time I look a the "wall of fade" in my friend's office. Red River Polar is my current favorite for my i950.
 
I used to own an entry model Epson for color photo printing... but the photo papers and cartridges got way too expensive! Not to mention the noise and time to print!

Then I found out from my co-worker about Shutterfly.com. No, I don't work for them or anything (though I could use some money!). They are super ... as long as you print more than 6 or so. At 49 cents per print, they are quite good with lots of neat features and options. I know there are other online printing services. That's my recommendation if you want to print ... and print them good. My wedding pictures from two years ago are still in perfect condition! 8)
 
Get the Epson 2200. It's one of the better printers out there printing at a resolution of 2880x1440 dpi. If I had money I'd get this.
 
Isn't it true that the human doesn't see past a certain resolution? So what's that resolution? All these high specs come out, but i'm sure after a certain resolution we won't notice any difference. Anybody have insight into this?
 
One of my co-workers here just bought a G3 and then he bought a Canon i950 for it (he's since become an even bigger advocate of it than I am). His photos look fantastic.
 
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