Canon printers seem to have fading issues and HP printers have very costly ink. I am now leaning towards buying an Epson, which seems to have some good printers for both text and photos, very good photo paper but also works with other papers, and ink that isn't that costly. I have heard bad things about printers like the 825 and 925 which tend to break, but good things about the 900 and 960. Which one do you guys suggest that's under $350 or are those two it? Has anyone had experience with the new Epson photo printers?
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What are Epson's best printers?
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sthug
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Can you wait a little the new Epson stylus photo range? In my point of view, I think the epson 960 have the best output quality and have some others feature like CD printing (appear on new Canon), the roll paper printing with automatic cut. The really draback is the speed. It's the reason, Iask you to wait the new Epson printer because the speed, the quality and the lighfastenest are improuve dramaticaly compare to the old 960.
Bob Harneit
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What do you mean? Is the Epson line about to be updated? I guess it would make sense since the Canon and HP lines are brand new. When are the updates going to arrive?
Glen Barrington
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In digital photography, it is safest to assume that ANYTHING you buy will be outdated the day after you buy it! Waiting to purchase doesn't seem to help either. We are all just weeks away from feeling that we bought too soon or paid too much.
My quite serious advice is that if you need a printer today and if you can afford it today, then you should buy it today. Technology just changes too fast to keep up.
G. Barrington
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My quite serious advice is that if you need a printer today and if you can afford it today, then you should buy it today. Technology just changes too fast to keep up.
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G. Barrington
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Miked37945
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MikeD37945 wrote:
This is the best advise to remember. You'll see people waiting for the next new thing to be on the cutting edge of technology but, the edge is cut too often. One step further is to really evaluate what your needs TRULY are and don't by bells and whistles that you won't blow or ring often enough to justify the cost. Some great deals can be found on outdated equipment and you'll find that you can pay less and be very pleased. My favorite Eastwood philosophy "A man's got to know his limitations," realize yours and keep your technology one step above it.
Miked37945
Active member
I know, I was just wondering. I wouldn't want to buy something if I know it's about to be upgraded. Printers and camers don't get updated for months or even years.
So what are the good Epson printers?
So what are the good Epson printers?
More like months these days.
The other problem is there are far too many models. They only need about 3 or 4 types for A4/letter size - cheap/disposable (the ones where it's cheaper to buy a new printer than a set of replacement inks - Epson C42 £29 in UK at Dixons for example), basic model, midrange model, top of range model - but Canon seem to have about 10-15 printers between cheap and midrange with new models every 6-8 months.
As earlier poster said if you need a printer you may as well buy now, as there are not huge jumps in print quality/resolution coming - accurate colour/greyscale rendition/print longevity are the things they all need to concentrate on now.
The current Epson printers will give excellent prints, but are very slow, so if speed could be an issue and the new Epsons will be much faster you may want to hold on.
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