11-02-2003, 08:23 AM | #4 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: BFE, Kentucky
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here is some reviews of printers http://www.steves-digicams.com/printers.html , I have always heard good things about the quality of dye diffusion type printers though never owned one my self.
I find that 26 cents a 4x6 to be professionally printed can't be beat and 8x10 prints are around $2.50. |
11-02-2003, 07:14 PM | #5 (permalink) |
Insane
Location: Truro, Nova Scotia
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I own a i950 and I can say it reproduces color perfectly, I love the pictures that it prints off, and to top it all off if one color is used up you dont have to change a whole damn cartrage like most printers. Epson printers (most anyway) will not allow you to change the print head, the canon will. About the Dye Diffusion, You cant beat the picture quality of these BUT there also much more expensive, cost more to opperate, and finally if you do need to print on some normal paper it just doesnt pay. So in ending
If you need a good all around printer but mainly for Photos, look at the i950 If you need a pure photo printer go for one of the Dye Diffusions there what a professional photo lab uses (only MUCH bigger ) Also only look at this if your willing to spend quite a bit for a good quality one that will print 8x10, most of the cheaper ones only print 4x6 and 5x7 |
11-03-2003, 05:37 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
Junkie
Location: NJ
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Creating the pics when I want them and exactly how I want them is far more valuable to me than the pennies that would be saved going the commercial route. Also throw in the fact that what you see on the screen isn't always what you get in the print and there's no comparison for me. Manipulating colors slightly, cropping, retouching, etc sometimes need to be redone after seeing the finished print. That alone doubles the cost when you go the commercial route. |
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11-03-2003, 12:08 PM | #10 (permalink) |
42, baby!
Location: The Netherlands
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*cough* The HP 7960 is also pretty damn fine... *cough*
Hell, we sell the entire HP Photosmart range, and have a demo setup. We've printed a 5 megapixel image on the HP Photosmart 7760, and it looks damn near perfect. (Oh, and the price-per-print is comparable to most other printers, including the "one-cartridge-per-color" ones.) |
11-04-2003, 01:34 PM | #12 (permalink) |
42, baby!
Location: The Netherlands
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Nope, I just sell their printers (amongst mant other computer stuff). But how exactly do you test if some picture "comes in last"? That's very subjective, to say the least...
I can only say that I've seen the results, and they're comparable to normal prints I'd get from any photo shop. |
11-04-2003, 01:55 PM | #13 (permalink) | |
Psycho
Location: BFE, Kentucky
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personally i can tell diffrences in where i get my photo's professionally printed. of the 3 places i get them done at i can tell by looking at the prints which came from where..... ofoto has the best prints, but is the highest priced, walmart is the cheapest, with decent work (better than it used to be). Granted I have never spent over $400 on a photo printer b4 but i have never seen one with good quality prints that i would want to use for anything but last minute has to be done right now prints..... or if you wanted to do porn or something but that is up to you..... Ink on injets tend to run or blur easy, they are slow to print ( I could ot to walmart print them and pick them back up 45 min later and drive back home b4 the same 100 pics were printed out on a desktop printer..... |
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11-05-2003, 04:46 AM | #14 (permalink) |
Watcher
Location: Ohio
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My HP psc 2100 series was $150. It prints, off the black cartridge,very well. It scans pretty well, too.
It copies at the touch of a button. It normally runs with a 3 color cart. and the black cart. When I replace the black cart. with a photo cart. I get 6 color printing. On photo paper it looks pretty fine. I don't know what some people expect, but I think this thing spits out very good looking pics. The ink is expensive, but what ink printer isn't? At least it's not as expensive as a Lexmark; those fuckers should be SHOT. ANyway, it looks damn fine for me, and its a buck-fifty. Beat that.
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11-05-2003, 09:23 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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i sell printers...lots. and i stay the hell away from epson to be honest. i have one myself, but i hate it. shitty software and it eats ink. go cannon. the i950 is awesome. so is are a lot of their printers actually.
the only downfall is that if the printhead fails youre kinda fucked, you have to order one through cannon. or special order through staples or something. |
11-06-2003, 01:48 AM | #18 (permalink) |
42, baby!
Location: The Netherlands
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Scoobydugan, can you back those claims up with some statistics? I very much doubt that HP uses that much ink, considering that a Dutch PC mag recently reported that the cost-per-print of the tested HP printers was pretty much equal to that of the other brands (Canon, Epson, etc.)
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11-06-2003, 08:26 AM | #19 (permalink) |
beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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I have always used an Epson 1280. Not a bad printer. The reason I have stayed away from Canon i950 is that it doesnt print anything larger than 8.5x11. I frequently print panoramas or square images that need a something bigger than 8.5 inches.
I really need to test some others out. Printers are expensive though . I have done some experimenting with inks and papers, though--since most of my work is black and white, I needed to find a good, rich black that doesnt look pasty like most photo printers print.
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11-06-2003, 10:28 AM | #20 (permalink) |
Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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epson 2200 is an archival printer. I know plenty of people who use them as professional photographers and printers.
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