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    Re: Picking a decent photo printer

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    not on the bay it doesnt
    The Epson R800 has been in production since 2004 so I would make sure that you get one that has been carefully looked after.

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    Re: Picking a decent photo printer

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    The Epson R800 has been in production since 2004 so I would make sure that you get one that has been carefully looked after.
    not worth buying a 2nd hand one, sods law it would give the ink pads full warning and shut down with a £150+vat bill to get a factory refurb.

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    Re: Picking a decent photo printer

    Hence me suggesting you need to be careful buying one on eBay. However, I do know people that have done so and got a bargain. Oh, and one option is the software to reset the ink usage monitor, and then a little adaptation that runs the waste ink tube outside the printer into a little bottle, like a CMS in reverse. Then, you don't need an Epson refurb.

    It's also worth considering that any printer that's been in production for so long can't be half bad, or it wouldn't still sell and the R800, to enthusiasts still does, or at least, did until very recently. I admit to not having looked for a few months but AFAIK it's still a current model.

    As for whether it's overkill, razer .... perhaps yes. It's why I asked how high your standards were. For an A4 photo printer, this one is elite and in rarefied company. But you pay for that.

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    Re: Picking a decent photo printer

    Great advice so far guys, i've nearly impulse bought a number of times but glad a took some advice first! Going back to the canon then. The canon i was orginally looking at, the 4600, fom what i can tell is perfect for the job i need then? not really low end, but not high end either so im comparison somewhere in the middle, or should i go for the higher model, the 4800/4850?
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    It was so small that mine wouldn't fit into it

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    Re: Picking a decent photo printer

    To my knowledge the Canon's are all much of a muchness. I think the main difference between the models are the updated drivers and a polish here and there on the aesthetics of the printer. As far as I know the mechanics of the printers themselves hasn't changed much since the IP 4200 (they have updated the ink cartridges though). Canon did release Vista drivers for my IP 5300 (which also work on Windows 7), but the CD printing program (CD-LabelPrint) won't work on Windows 7, though of course you can use Photoshop or Acoustica CD Label Maker or something instead.

    My IP 5300 is essentially the same as the IP 4000 line (indeed I never did find out what the difference was) and it's been ABUSED. I do all our school's prom photos on it each year, plus plenty of other prints, and while the prints are excellent for a 5 ink printer, something is catching on the paper, leaving slight black ink marks where they shouldn't be, usually one of both ends of the paper. I can solve it by bending the paper slightly before adding it to the printer, so it's not a big issue, and like I say, it's seen a lot of prints.

    You can't go wrong with a new model of any of the 4000 series really. Though as with all printers, beware 2nd hand ones from ebay, as any which have used non-original ink may have any manner of problems.

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