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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:23 am
by arrimike
Hi all,
I've recently moved from the UK to Australia and during the move my trusty Epson Photo R200 died! I'm now in the market for a nice shiny new photo quality printer that can also print to CD/DVD and doesn't cost a bloody fortune in ink cartridges, any suggestions? I thought I'd ask the good people of Hi-Res because, let's face it, you probably use printers more than most people, cheers!
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:49 am
by bazzah
I used to have an Epson R300 (which gave me nothing but hell) and I recently replaced it with a Canon PIXMA MP610. My new Canon is by far the best printer I have owned!
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:38 pm
by chillseeker
Have a Canon PIXMA 4300.
+ Great printer. Great quality printouts.
- Expensive ink cartridges.
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:27 pm
by Sens
Canon Pixma for me as well... although it's an oldie (the MP500), the print results are still great imo. Canon got the advantage above some other brands for seperating the color cardridges. Seperating red, yellow and blue into three cardridges instead of one for all color saves a lot of cash.
I am printing in a unconventional way thought. Using 250gr laserprint paper on an inktjet and with the settings on glossy photopaper.
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:13 pm
by GRINCH
I had an R300, now I have the RX595.
They are both Epson and they work great.
No complaints.
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:32 pm
by sauron
I use an Epson R300 and the print quality is great!
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:15 am
by ~booche~
Same here epson r300 cheap inks and good quality no complaints here
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:30 am
by arrimike
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the input; at least now I've got a starting point! I bought an Epson R300 too, from eBay; it made some very interesting noises but I never did manage to get it to print anything, so now I've got about 40 or 50 ink cartridges for an R200, R300 etc, that I'll probably be disposing of on eBay once I finally dig them all out of storage, I'll give everyone at Hi-res a heads up when I'm ready, thanks again!
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:53 am
by shannonkay
We just got an Epson Artisan 800 and I love it so far. It is network enabled via Ethernet or wireless and works with our Windows and Mac computers. It can print and scan over the network and has a separate tray for the regular paper, photo paper, and discs. I have printed quite a few discs and they all look great and it doesn't seem to have used that much ink.
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:41 am
by nicholls
i have got an epson stylus photo R285 think they stoped doing them now but you mite get one on ebay. i stocked up with them and bought 3 from svp. i see no one as mentioned the ink system yes i run one of them as well
you guys carnt be doing enough printing LOL