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

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.