Which printer

[docevi1]

We are looking to replace our ageing HP710c with something a bit more modern which can handle printing of pictures taken with cameras. At the moment we have my Canon A70 & my dads Nikon F70, so max resolution is ~2700dpi or so due to the scanned slides.

Looking around in PC World earlier it was suggested the best printer is the Epson R300 in that it produces the best results, however best results don't necessarily tell the full story - what about ink usage? The R300 apparently prints out at around 6000dpi, which will drink the ink like an bum-with-a-credit-card drinks spirits. Similiary it won't let you print in plain b/w if one of the colour cartridges is low.

For a budget of around £150-200 which printers do you recommend, not only for the quality, but also the running costs - there is little point buying a new printer if it will cost a small fortune in ink (online printing prices are probably cheaper than home printing)

cheers

[docevi1]

how many full colour A4 pages can you print on a set of cartridges/how often do you need to replace them?

[docevi1]

just updating this thread.

My dad picked one up a R300 from PCWorld (ordered online for £79.99, collect & pay at the store), along with a set of ink cartridges from this fella (he's just up the road from where we live & sold them at £30 face value).

Suffice to say the results are stunning - we honestly cannot tell the difference between the prints done on the sample Epson paper (6*4 included sheets) and those by Jessops or similar.

Out of the box the colours are a bit screwy (far too much red) so we will have to adjust the profiles, the manual is useless (only tells you how to use the inbuilt card reader, nothing on the pc settings) but the drivers are easy to understand.

Highly recommended at this price.

[docevi1]

beano500 said:

What have you found to work best?

let my dad fiddle and I get on with my coursework.

Its fine for printing text at the moment