printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

Hi I am looking to buy a printer to print digital photos. Currentlly I
am running a laser printer. Is it possible to run 2 printers? The new
printer woudl be solely for digital photos.

ANyone have an recommendations for good, reliable, reasonably priced
printers for digital photos?

which paper is the best so as not to loose the photo over time? is it
possible to get paper that wont fade??

THANKS!!
K

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

KOS wrote:
> Hi I am looking to buy a printer to print digital photos. Currentlly I
> am running a laser printer. Is it possible to run 2 printers?

Sure. How easy depends on your hardware and operating system

> The new
> printer woudl be solely for digital photos.
>
> ANyone have an recommendations for good, reliable, reasonably priced
> printers for digital photos?

Good color photo grade printers are widely available and cheap. The
real cost is the ink and paper. Most give the best results using their own
ink and paper. When making your choice make sure you consider the materials
cost.

The best bet right now are inkjet printers. The consumer laser printers
don't do all that well with photos.

Keep in mind that inkjet printers use cartridges that tend to dry up if
not used a couple of times a week. Some models are worse than others. If
you don't make a lot of pints you are not likely to get the max out of your
ink.

I will not try to make a specific suggestion since I am not really up on
the current (this month) models.

>
> which paper is the best so as not to loose the photo over time? is it
> possible to get paper that wont fade??
>
> THANKS!!
> K

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

it looks more like math modulo 31 to me

does 14 + 15 + 3 give the same answer?

"Joseph Meehan" <sligojoeS_PAM_2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:yJRnc.117433$Vp5.85855@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> KOS wrote:
> > Hi I am looking to buy a printer to print digital photos. Currentlly I
> > am running a laser printer. Is it possible to run 2 printers?
>
> Sure. How easy depends on your hardware and operating system
>
> > The new
> > printer woudl be solely for digital photos.
> >
> > ANyone have an recommendations for good, reliable, reasonably priced
> > printers for digital photos?
>
> Good color photo grade printers are widely available and cheap. The
> real cost is the ink and paper. Most give the best results using their
own
> ink and paper. When making your choice make sure you consider the
materials
> cost.
>
> The best bet right now are inkjet printers. The consumer laser
printers
> don't do all that well with photos.
>
> Keep in mind that inkjet printers use cartridges that tend to dry up
if
> not used a couple of times a week. Some models are worse than others. If
> you don't make a lot of pints you are not likely to get the max out of
your
> ink.
>
> I will not try to make a specific suggestion since I am not really up
on
> the current (this month) models.
>
> >
> > which paper is the best so as not to loose the photo over time? is it
> > possible to get paper that wont fade??
> >
> > THANKS!!
> > K
>
> --
> Joseph E. Meehan
>
> 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math
>
>
>

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

bagal wrote:
> it looks more like math modulo 31 to me
>
> does 14 + 15 + 3 give the same answer?
>
26 Counties of the Republic (The South) and 6 Counties of the North
equal one whole country, people and island as it was before the English

--
Joseph E. Meehan

Dia's Muire duit

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

On 10 May 2004 13:18:17 -0700, computerstuff2@excite.com (KOS) wrote:

>Hi I am looking to buy a printer to print digital photos. Currentlly I
>am running a laser printer. Is it possible to run 2 printers? The new
>printer woudl be solely for digital photos.
>
>ANyone have an recommendations for good, reliable, reasonably priced
>printers for digital photos?
>
>which paper is the best so as not to loose the photo over time? is it
>possible to get paper that wont fade??
>
>THANKS!!
>K

I use an HP for black and white and a Canon i960 exclusively for photos. Works
quite well for me. The print windows always give a choice of printer. I leave
the HP as the default because it's used much more frequently.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

I use a Canon i950 and have been very pleased with it. As someone else
pointed out, the real cost is not the printer itself but the consumables -
ink and paper. Check the prices of replacement ink cartridges before you
buy.

I prefer separate tanks for each colour because you don't have to replace
the whole lot just because one colour has run out. On the other hand, if
all the colours run out at once, it is usually more expensive to replace
them all than to buy a multi-coloured ink cartridge.



Keith

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

On Mon, 10 May 2004 19:14:21 -0400, John H <jherring$$@$$cox**.net>
wrote:

>On 10 May 2004 13:18:17 -0700, computerstuff2@excite.com (KOS) wrote:
>
>>Hi I am looking to buy a printer to print digital photos. Currentlly I
>>am running a laser printer. Is it possible to run 2 printers? The new
>>printer woudl be solely for digital photos.
>>
>>ANyone have an recommendations for good, reliable, reasonably priced
>>printers for digital photos?
>>
>>which paper is the best so as not to loose the photo over time? is it
>>possible to get paper that wont fade??
>>
>>THANKS!!
>>K
>
>I use an HP for black and white and a Canon i960 exclusively for photos. Works
>quite well for me. The print windows always give a choice of printer. I leave
>the HP as the default because it's used much more frequently.
>
>John H
>
>On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
>on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

I also use a Canon i960 as a photo printer and a Canon i560s for
'normal' printing.

The i960 does an excellent job!


Scott in Florida

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

In article <e330a0p999dbtoqbb33bee302n95ls2ff4@4ax.com>, jherring$$@
$$cox**.net says...
> I use an HP for black and white and a Canon i960 exclusively for photos. Works
> quite well for me. The print windows always give a choice of printer. I leave
> the HP as the default because it's used much more frequently.
>
> John H
>
> On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
> on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
>


I've been using the i960 for "proofs" and I've had a LOT of nozzle clog
problems on the light magenta. I've not had the problem with my i950, or the
s820 that I used before it. Have you had any problems with the 960??


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

In article <k72oc.59$Um5.6@newsfe2-gui.server.ntli.net>,
keith.sheppard@tesco.net says...
> I use a Canon i950 and have been very pleased with it. As someone else
> pointed out, the real cost is not the printer itself but the consumables -
> ink and paper. Check the prices of replacement ink cartridges before you
> buy.
>
> I prefer separate tanks for each colour because you don't have to replace
> the whole lot just because one colour has run out. On the other hand, if
> all the colours run out at once, it is usually more expensive to replace
> them all than to buy a multi-coloured ink cartridge.
>
>
>
> Keith
>


I dont think its possible to have all the colors run out at the same time
with any of the printers that use the carts in an i950.

When I buy a set of new cartridges for an i950 or an i960 I buy 3 yellow 3
light cyan and 3 light magenta with 1 black 1 magenta and 1 cyan.

Thats about $150 (US) and about (not exactly but close) to the ratio the ink
gets used, unless you are printing charts, graphs, or grey scale.




--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

Re: printer for digital photos- which are very good- and not too expensive
 

I got an i960 that I love. I buy the ink from Atlantic inkjet and it cost
about $2 to refill a tank.


"Larry" <lastingimagery@comcast.dotnet> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b0bc7c5de360b929896c4@news.comcast.gigan ews.com...
> In article <e330a0p999dbtoqbb33bee302n95ls2ff4@4ax.com>, jherring$$@
> $$cox**.net says...
> > I use an HP for black and white and a Canon i960 exclusively for photos.
Works
> > quite well for me. The print windows always give a choice of printer. I
leave
> > the HP as the default because it's used much more frequently.
> >
> > John H
> >
> > On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
> > on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
> >
>
>
> I've been using the i960 for "proofs" and I've had a LOT of nozzle clog
> problems on the light magenta. I've not had the problem with my i950, or
the
> s820 that I used before it. Have you had any problems with the 960??
>
>
> --
> Larry Lynch
> Mystic, Ct.