Phil Ramey |
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Printer choice
Anyone have a suggestions on purchasing a printer? I am looking a high quality printer that I can sell photos to wedding and portrait clients.Thanks,
Phil
February 05, 2004
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Justin |
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I am very happy with my Canon i865 photo printer. It is a budget printer (CMY+B) but the results are amazing. I'd recommend heading to a store and checking out the samples.
February 23, 2004
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Loren Roque |
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About 2 months ago I purchased an Epson R300 photo printer, and I am extremely pleased with the photo quality prints it makes. It has slots for all the mainstream camera media on the printer. Mind you, the print quality is best on Epson paper from what I have seen so far (I used some Georgia Pacific 4x6 "photo" paper which proved to be garbage.....prints were dark and colors dingy!). Other high quality papers may prove excellent also. This printer can print stand-alone (w/o a computer) but only up to 4x6, but if connected to a PC it prints up to 8.5x11. There are other Epson models that will print 11x17 and bigger, and the print quality should be excellent! The nice thing with the R300 is that there is a USB 1.1 port in front which outputs to a USB mass storage device. You can archive files from the inserted camera media to a USB external hard drive while on location. Short of having a laptop PC with a card reader, this provides some storage options!
March 09, 2004
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Wing Wong |
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If you are planning on selling wedding photos, you are probably going to need a larger print size than 8x10. Some great photo printers would include: 2200P from epson. Ultrachrome inks are pigment based and when printed on their acrhival matte(fine art) papers, is rated at 75+ years of longevity. This printer can also print at 13" wide by 19" long. Does matte printing better than glossy printing. $500-$700 Canon i/s9100. Dye based ink, but also a high end photo printer. Great for impressive 13"x19" glossy prints, especially when printed on glossy pearl papers for that "photograph" look. This printer is great for glossy and prints at about 2x the speed of the epson. $400-$500 HP 7x7x?. Another 13" wide dye based printer. Similar to the Canon printer. ??? Epson recently came out with a 4xxx series printer which can do 17" wide prints for those who needs it. Uses ultrachrome inks and takes extra large cartrdges for long print runs. $1200 If you only need 8x10 printing, then the i9xx seires of Canon printers would be fine. Likewise, from the Epson camp, the C84 would be a suitable printer. The R300 is basically a scanner/printer unit in one with CF card inputs in the front and such. If you only want the printer functionality, go with the C84($99). It uses pigment based durabrite inks which are water proof and print out great on matte or glossy papers. All of the above listed printers support USB connectivity. Epson has various Network and Wireless network options. Good luck with your business!
March 09, 2004
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Loren Roque |
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As Wing points out, the Epson 2200 and 4000 are also great printers for sizes greater than letter sized prints. There is one glaring error, as I have an Epson R300 not 14 inches away: It is not an all-in-one printer/scanner. I did also need a scanner, and I purchased an Epson 3170 photo.....a very nice scanner!
March 09, 2004
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