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I would prefer to get one of the above rather than just a photo printer. At the moment it's a toss-up between Canon and Epson.

The printing of the photos would need to be good enough to be published in magazines etc.

My ideal budget would be around £120, but could stretch it to £220.

Any help would be most grateful.

Regards

Max,

In my experience all in one printers aren't good enough to produce the type of quality you are looking for, I have a Dell all in one and dont use it for photos because the print quality is less than perfect.

Trev

I would go along with Trevs advice, Go with Epson printer Max probably the best

Dean...

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I have a Dell all-in-one and could not really recommend it for photos. I have also found that Dell have the monopoly for their replacement cartridges and you cannot shop around.( unless someone out there knows differently ? )

Dell colour series 6 JF333 .

Now that my printer has conked out I'm bringing this old thread to life.

In the replies I received last year, some of you said that all-in-one printers didn't print off very good photos compared to a photo one.

Since doing some research I find this odd. The quality of the photo depends on the DPI. I'm interested Epson printers. I've looked at one photo printer that has 5760 x 1440 DPI and an all-in-one printer that also has 5760 x 1440 DPI. Surely each of these should perform exactly the same.

Any comments welcome.

Hi John (and a hello to Max)

My experiences with all-in-ones are that they are a compromise, mostly brought about by giving the consumer a product that takes up minimal desk space. The 1440dpi figures quoted are often as a result of 'interpolation' i.e. they only work at 720dpi (or less) and 'guess' the inbetween colours - best to read the small print for the printer specs.

Don't forget that even if 1440dpi were true, who is to say that the dot alignment is accurate or the amount of ink in the droplet is carefully measured - it comes down to build quality.

Then you have to question the quality of the inks - how accurate are the colours that are available to that printer, how rapidly will the prints fade over time?

If you are looking for the best possible printed photo then I would go with a printer made for that purpose. If you are looking to print B+W documents as fast as possible then get a laser printer.

I am not knocking the all-in-ones, I have one in my office 'cos I can rapidly scan, fax and print documents but I also run a seperate Epson Photo printer for when it's needed.

Hello Mark,

When the word 'interpolation' came up Max dived for cover.

My requirements are as follows: mainly to be used for text, not too bothered about the speed. I have hundreds of photos taken over many years which I would like to scan onto the PC. Any photos printed be them or more recently digital ones would have to be of the highest quality ie to be published in magazines etc. It may be I have to get a scanner and a separate printer.

Had thought of getting the Epson D92 photo printer on offer at £30. But prepared to go much higher.

Thanks for replying.

Regards

John/Max