 Jean-Claude Boulay |
Can you recommend a best Photo Printer Under $1K? Good Afternoon, I plan to start a home-based digital photo business and eventually move to a business location. There are so many photo printers out there for home and business use. I need a Digital Photo Printer that generates "exceptional" photo outputs. Can you recommend a photo printer that can do this without a problem? I have an Epson Stylus C60 $120. I bought this printer because it was recommend on consumer report. But, when I printed my digital photos, they came out looking tirribly with dard spots and lines. So, Can anyone recommend a "best" digital photo Printer that I can buy under $1,000.00. This printer should print 8 1/2 x 11 photo prints. Also, Is there a best photo software out there. I now have Photosuite, Canon Photo ZOOM photo software, Scannner & Camera Wizard, Dell Photo software, Epson Photo Software, among others. I am confused about all these photo software and I just want to use a good one--Please help.
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doug Nelson |
For the professional use you want to make of imaging software, look at Adobe Elements, as a minimum. This light version of Photoshop might do all you need it to do. More importantly, the terms used for all important operations will be the same as in Photoshop. You can then make use of the tips in books and magazine articles. The problem with the freebie and cheaper imaging programs is that they're a Babel of terms, often being different for the sake of being different. You won't go wrong with Elements, for under $100. Register your Elements, and you may get a good deal to upgrade to Photoshop 7.0 some day. I've had great luck with an Epson 870 printer (890 is the new version). I think something's wrong with the file you're feeding into the Epson C60, OR maybe there's a software conflict. Try turning off Norton Antivirus. It plays havoc with Photoshop and printing. Try running your C60 problem by Epson. I've found them quite helpful.
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Johnathan R. Peal |
I have a HP Photosmart 1315 that I'm happy with. The photo output is excellent and see no dots to the naked eye. It's an ink jet that uses dots for the photo. It has and LCD display to preview your photo's directly from the printer and has memory slots. It's approx $399.00. Another printer that I would consider is the Olympus P400. It's approx $800.00 and is a dye Sublimination printer. It prints 8x10's and has an LCD preview and memory slots. With Dye sublimination you get continous tones with no dots. I have never used this printer so I cannot speak as to print quality but usually dye sublimination is true photographic output. If I didn't already have the photosmart this is the printer that I would probably buy. Here is a link to the Olympus site.
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Paul Smith |
I use the P400 as my standard photo printer in a part time business. For the money nothing comes close, it really is outstanding. The consumables are not cheap, but the quality more than makes up for it
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