What Paul said. The Epson R800 is also supposed to be an excellent
printer if you don't need the 13" paper gate.
Another possible, if your print volume is modest and A4 or US
Standard size paper is enough, is the HP 8450. This printer is often
available for under $200 and produces extremely good B&W and color
work (it includes a grayscale inkset as standard). HP inks and paper
are somewhat pricey, but I've found it an easy printer to do a lot of
smaller work, and the HP Premium Plus glossy paper in particular is
also rated as 100 years archival with their inks. Using the HP to
print B&W with Epson papers produces a slightly warm tone print,
which is also pretty nice.
Godfrey
On Feb 25, 2006, at 4:31 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
The Epson 1800 will print very nice images up to 13 x19. It's about
half the price of the 2400. The 2400 will outperform it on matte
paper, but the 1800 is actually a bit better for glossy with less
bronzing. I've heard that it also prints quite nicely on Epson
Premium Lustre or Premium Semigloss. And you still get the
advantage of Epson's great paper profiles.
On Feb 25, 2006, at 5:30 AM, Thibouille wrote:
I'd like to print myself my photos but I really dunno anything
(mostly) to what is needed.
A printer obviously, but which one?
There is no way I can afford a R2400 which costs about the same as
my camera.
Any other "cheap" solution but still good enough?
