Photo Quality Printer, recommendations?

[XM5ER]

As it says, can anyone recommend a photo quality printer (ink jet?) for under £100? Or am I floggin a dead horse at that kind of money.

Cheers!

[getcarter]

You'll be surprised what you can get for that price. They might be a bit slow, and they won't do skin tones too well.. but check out Epson printers at your local store. Spend another £70 nd you will be very surprised.

But remember it's the paper what counts. Use the expensive stuff (that matches the printer) and results will be good

(Do I get cred for that Mr Epson?)

[Edt]

I'll repeat the paper tip... if you hunt around (or just try Amazon.couk) it's not actually that dear. I'm using Verbatim photo glossy = £10 for 100 sheets. Quality very very good

Ed

[DustyC]

I just bought an Epson R300 for £116inc VAT from Novatech and Im very happy with the results.

I know its a little over your budget. it was over mine too but its definitly worth the money (if not more).

Read the spec on it and you'll see why.

[scrutineer]

which magazine did a big test on them and Canoni560 came out best of the cheapies £129 they also said the ongoing costs were better than the others as well.

[XM5ER]

They both look good in reviews, I'll take a wander down to the shops later this week to get a demo.

Ongoing costs is an issue, I bought a Lexmark a couple of years ago for presentation work, cheap to buy, but a fortune to run.

Any more?

[simpo two]

Running costs vary a lot. HP and Lexmark cartridges include the print head and so are much more expensive than, say, Epson or Canon. Also, it's much easier to get compatible cartridges, eg Jet-Tec, if you want to save money. It might also be worth condsidering a printer which has the colours in seperate tanks, so you're not throwing away 2 colours just because the 3rd has run out. The Canon i560 wins in all these respects, though it does snatch the paper rather rudely and takes a long time to turn on and off.

[puggit]

Picked up a Lexmark P706 in WHSmith just after Christmas for £30 - frankly we were astounded at the photo quality (on the paper supplied).

10/10