Not to put to fine a point on it, but what line separates run of the mill & something that will produce decent output?
Not a question for you, necessarily, just...thinking out loud. Makes it tough as a consumer to know what to purchase. Higher printer prices usually mean better output, but not always.
Apologies to the OP, this probably isn't helping much.
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Not a question for you, necessarily, just...thinking out loud. Makes it tough as a consumer to know what to purchase. Higher printer prices usually mean better output, but not always.
Apologies to the OP, this probably isn't helping much.
Yes, and that was my point as well, if you want to pay "higher prices" sure, but it's probably more cost effective to just take them to a place that specializes in digital photo prints.
There are two reasons we went to our original Epson (and have continued with high quality small format printers):
1) Event photography, where buyers expect to walk home with their photos in hand.
2) Volume. We don't fire up the Epson 4800 unless there is a sizeable order or a need for prints 16" wide. As such, the R1800 & it's successor to us, the R2000, provide more than enough quality for smaller orders & prints.
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I was interested to find an ink jet printer/all in one as these seem to be more readily available.
In the past the ink jets have cost a fortune in consumables so I would like some idea which devices may be better or how to judge the most advantages set-ups or brands.
Will do limited photo printing but would like reasonably good prints/colour printing.
We have Brother laser for most letters/docs but my wife would like to have colour as well. We have an old Lexmark (Z715) that Lexmark no longer provides updated drivers since 10.4.x I believe.
The price range as the thread indicates around $200.00 but not apposed to a price up to $250.00 (25%) more. Basically under $300.00 taxes in.
Any thoughts.
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I was interested to find an ink jet printer/all in one as these seem to be more readily available.
In the past the ink jets have cost a fortune in consumables so I would like some idea which devices may be better or how to judge the most advantages set-ups or brands.
Will do limited photo printing but would like reasonably good prints/colour printing.
We have Brother laser for most letters/docs but my wife would like to have colour as well. We have an old Lexmark (Z715) that Lexmark no longer provides updated drivers since 10.4.x I believe.
The price range as the thread indicates around $200.00 but not apposed to a price up to $250.00 (25%) more. Basically under $300.00 taxes in.
Any thoughts.
I like Epson Printers for photos but these are work horses. Meaning if you don't use them on a regular basis the heads tend to clog a few weeks after the warranty expires. Heads are not easily replaceable. My apologies to Epson if this info is out of date.
Our Canon is still going strong after six years, using generic inks for four of them. Good photo results on Epson plain paper.
A general observation on AIOs is that drivers can be a real issue as the Mac OS evolves. My Epson scanner is eight years old and still does a much better job than any AIO, so unless you really need a computer based fax, I would recommend going with just the printer.
For photos I do Index style prints or cards. For Album 4x6s or 5x7s I still use a photolab. Sadly these are fewer and farther between meaning that now I face a day in Lethbridge or Calgary when the time comes to up date our albums.
Prices have come down on 4x6 prints from the Kodak Kiosks and the quality seems to have improved. This puts their excellent Thermal Dye Sublimation 4x6s into the same price range as silver based images. Big advantage with these is you can still find one close to home. OTH the touch screen software tends to be glacially slow and some people need a hammer to get it to respond at all.
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I just bought a MFC-J430w with the ability of the Brother iPrint&Scan for my iPhone,
The printer perked my interest mostly because of the ink being pretty cheap and also the
ability to use it on a Wi-Fi network or USB, No ethernet though.
Also, I've discovered that I really need a printer that can fax documents lately,
No idea if it prints photo's very well, But for $99., I won't be complaining too much.
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I like Epson Printers for photos but these are work horses. Meaning if you don't use them on a regular basis the heads tend to clog a few weeks after the warranty expires. Heads are not easily replaceable. My apologies to Epson if this info is out of date.
It would now appear that this has happened to me with the Epson Stylus Photo AIO RX-680. I have to admit that recently my attention has been predominently directed elsewhere and the printer has been practically unused since mid-January with the result that the YELLOW cartridge, while not entirely empty, will no longer print even after many head cleaning procedures and wastage of ink by ALL the cartridges. And now the printer will not function at all. I am now assuming that the yellow print head is U/S, and so I thought about having to replace this printer altogether.
I came across a refurbished Epson Artisan 835 priced at $110 US and was rather taken by it and was actually completing the order form until the order called for a Zip Code. I then happened to glance at the top of the page and it showed UNITED STATES. So I naturally went directly to the Epson CANADA web site for the same refurbished printer but the price was now $210 Cdn. I wrote to Epson to ask whether we Canadians were in effect subsidizing their American customers, to which they have acknowledged receipt but have so far not responded as they claimed they would do.
So after two Epson printers in a row I am now searching for a replacement printer from another manufacturer.
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