Best A4 photo printer

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Ok so I know it's only your personal opinion & choice but which A4 printers do you rate.
I am currently using a HP printer which is very good but it seems to leave a faint line about 10mm before finishing a print, as it finishes it slows (not sure this anything to do with it) and a visible difference can be seen on completion.
I seem to remember a Canon A3 printer I owned doing this as well.
Anyone else had an issue like this.
So bottom line is I am looking for a top quality A4 printer, which one do you recommend.
Many thanks, Iain

[poah]

R800 or R360 epson

[beano500]

Have to confess to being a bit of an Epsom fan. Had a 300 for a couple of years now. It cost sub £90 and for that price I think you'd be hard pressed for better VFM. I run it on even the cheapest inks and it's a good performer. Is it a 320 or 340 that's the current model? Added bonus is that it's easy to set up. Not particularly fast mind, so if that's top of your criteria ... and it will jam at the slightest hint of a disturbance in Bora Bora, so it needs a bit of patience from time to time.

[poah]

360 is the model below the R800 I think. costs £90 uses the claria ink rather than the K3 pigment though but should be cheaper to run and is half the price of the R800 to start with

[GetCarter]

a vote for epson

[Rednut05]

I have the Epson R360. So it's my vote.

[m3evo2]

GetCarter said:

a vote for epson

[J111]

m3evo2 said:

GetCarter said:

a vote for epson

The R800 produces better gloss prints, on Epson's paper, than the R360 (or almost anything else, including most labs), but it doesn't quite knock spots off it for more than double the money and a voracious appetite for very expensive cartridges.

[lowdrag]

I'd like to vote Canon. I have had the i9950 (A3+ size) for several years and it is so quick and quiet while producing superb colour photos. I am thinking of upgrading to the new Pixma Pro but up to A4 size I'd recommend the Pixma iP1800 or better. Go here to look at reviews of various printers, Epson included:-
www.steves-digicams.com/printers.html

[dogsey]

From a background of selling printers (admittedly a couple of years ago now) I'd say Epson is the best for photographs ... for some reason they've always managed to get the image quality just right. HP make the best quality printers, for general use they will always be the one to go for. Canon always used to be the cheapest to run, although I believe this may have flattened out slightly over recent years. Everything else is pretty much an also ran to these three.

So to actually answer your question, go for the best Epson you can afford.

dogsey.


(obviously this is all only from my personal experience)

Edited by dogsey on Sunday 15th April 20:14

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That's great info, many thanks to all who have posted.
I will now make my decision.
Iain

[ehasler]

I'd always have said Epson in the past, but I've been very impressed with my Canon Pixma 4200, especially as it only cost around £50!

[KB_S1]

Just got an Epson R360 and very impressed.

Printed a postcard size glossy of this shot, it did a great job of the shadows and heat haze distortion.

[sdws]

Depends what you are going to do with it and how much money you have. Fuji Pictrography is a stunning piece of kit but I wouldn't recommend it for home use.

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"Depends what you are going to do with it and how much money you have. Fuji Pictrography is a stunning piece of kit but I wouldn't recommend it for home use."

Home use but as good as I can get it, does anyone have any experience of the new HP Photosmart D7360, good reviews.

Thanks for all the info so far.
Iain