Quality photo printers under $200

One thing I noticed is that some printers come with built in card
readers and some do not. This is a concern because of a mix of cameras
in the house and the likelyhood of kids loosing the usb cables for their
cameras if they have to move them around from place to place.

It occured to me that and external card reader might plug into a usb
printer port. Will this work?

Bill Crocker wrote:
More accurate color. Sometimes less expensive to maintain, as you only
replace the colors that run out.

Bill Crocker


"william kossack" wrote in message
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Is there a benifit to a larger number of color cartridges?

I was looking at the canon ip5000 (the double sided printing is
interesting for printing stuff for the kids) with only 3 color carts but
others like from epson have 6 or more.


Bill Crocker wrote:

Check out Canon's i960.

Bill Crocker


"william kossack" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for one or two photo printers

One for my wife and maybe one for me

My wife wants to just connect the printer to the camera and print. I've
noticed two ways of connecting. One is by cable. The other is by
putting the card into the printer.

The cable connection seems a bit harder to manage especially with
different cameras having different cables etc. The card reader is maybe
a bit hard in that different cameras can have different format cards.

Is one better or easier than the other?

For the under $200 range how is the quality? My wife wants mainly
smaller prints. She is not likely to print anything as large as 8x10 but
I could see her using the printer for printing text. I may do larger
prints but I like to process my images through photoshop.

All the printers I've seen in the stores have good prints on display near
them.

After a quick read of this group I can see that both canon and epson
are liked by some and hated by some. HP seems to not be mentioned in the
likes as often but that is after a quick read.

It would be nice to have some compatability in ink cartridges between the
two printers. What printers should I look at?

One thing I noticed is that some printers come with built in card
readers and some do not. This is a concern because of a mix of cameras
in the house and the likelyhood of kids loosing the usb cables for their
cameras if they have to move them around from place to place.

It occured to me that and external card reader might plug into a usb
printer port. Will this work?

Bill Crocker wrote:
More accurate color. Sometimes less expensive to maintain, as you only
replace the colors that run out.

Bill Crocker


"william kossack" wrote in message
news:BbRpd.102244$5K2.53454@attbi_s03...

Is there a benifit to a larger number of color cartridges?

I was looking at the canon ip5000 (the double sided printing is
interesting for printing stuff for the kids) with only 3 color carts but
others like from epson have 6 or more.


Bill Crocker wrote:

Check out Canon's i960.

Bill Crocker


"william kossack" wrote in message
news:f%Ppd.102085$5K2.83412@attbi_s03...


I'm in the market for one or two photo printers

One for my wife and maybe one for me

My wife wants to just connect the printer to the camera and print. I've
noticed two ways of connecting. One is by cable. The other is by
putting the card into the printer.

The cable connection seems a bit harder to manage especially with
different cameras having different cables etc. The card reader is maybe
a bit hard in that different cameras can have different format cards.

Is one better or easier than the other?

For the under $200 range how is the quality? My wife wants mainly
smaller prints. She is not likely to print anything as large as 8x10 but
I could see her using the printer for printing text. I may do larger
prints but I like to process my images through photoshop.

All the printers I've seen in the stores have good prints on display near
them.

After a quick read of this group I can see that both canon and epson
are liked by some and hated by some. HP seems to not be mentioned in the
likes as often but that is after a quick read.

It would be nice to have some compatability in ink cartridges between the
two printers. What printers should I look at?

william kossack wrote:

It occured to me that and external card reader might plug into a usb
printer port. Will this work?

No.
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william kossack wrote:

It occured to me that and external card reader might plug into a usb
printer port. Will this work?

No.
--

william kossack wrote:

It occured to me that and external card reader might plug into a usb
printer port. Will this work?

No.
--

"william kossack" wrote in message
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One thing I noticed is that some printers come with built in card readers
and some do not. This is a concern because of a mix of cameras in the
house and the likelyhood of kids loosing the usb cables for their cameras
if they have to move them around from place to place.

It occured to me that and external card reader might plug into a usb
printer port. Will this work?

Bill Crocker wrote:
More accurate color. Sometimes less expensive to maintain, as you only
replace the colors that run out.

Bill Crocker


"william kossack" wrote in message
news:BbRpd.102244$5K2.53454@attbi_s03...

Is there a benifit to a larger number of color cartridges?

I was looking at the canon ip5000 (the double sided printing is
interesting for printing stuff for the kids) with only 3 color carts but
others like from epson have 6 or more.


Bill Crocker wrote:

Check out Canon's i960.

Bill Crocker


"william kossack" wrote in message
news:f%Ppd.102085$5K2.83412@attbi_s03...


I'm in the market for one or two photo printers

One for my wife and maybe one for me

My wife wants to just connect the printer to the camera and print.
I've noticed two ways of connecting. One is by cable. The other is by
putting the card into the printer.

The cable connection seems a bit harder to manage especially with
different cameras having different cables etc. The card reader is
maybe a bit hard in that different cameras can have different format
cards.

Is one better or easier than the other?

For the under $200 range how is the quality? My wife wants mainly
smaller prints. She is not likely to print anything as large as 8x10
but I could see her using the printer for printing text. I may do
larger prints but I like to process my images through photoshop.

All the printers I've seen in the stores have good prints on display
near them.

After a quick read of this group I can see that both canon and epson
are liked by some and hated by some. HP seems to not be mentioned in
the likes as often but that is after a quick read.

It would be nice to have some compatability in ink cartridges between
the two printers. What printers should I look at?

The Epson R320 would be the choice for you. Great photo quality, reasonable
supply cost, with card reader and display.

I'm happy with my HP 7960. This was last year's TOL consumer printer, now
it is widely available for less than $200.

6 ink printing, with a dedicated B&W cartridge that delivers photo quality
B&W results.

Typical HP bulletproof quality.

Best,

Ross


"william kossack" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for one or two photo printers

One for my wife and maybe one for me

My wife wants to just connect the printer to the camera and print. I've
noticed two ways of connecting. One is by cable. The other is by
putting the card into the printer.

The cable connection seems a bit harder to manage especially with
different cameras having different cables etc. The card reader is maybe
a bit hard in that different cameras can have different format cards.

Is one better or easier than the other?

For the under $200 range how is the quality? My wife wants mainly
smaller prints. She is not likely to print anything as large as 8x10
but I could see her using the printer for printing text. I may do
larger prints but I like to process my images through photoshop.

All the printers I've seen in the stores have good prints on display
near them.

After a quick read of this group I can see that both canon and epson
are liked by some and hated by some. HP seems to not be mentioned in
the likes as often but that is after a quick read.

It would be nice to have some compatability in ink cartridges between
the two printers. What printers should I look at?

Forget HP they haven't updated their technology in a decade. Same old
printer guts repackaged with new numbers.

Take a look at the Epson R200 for $99. Besides having seperate ink
cartridges it also prints on CDs and DVDs (inkjet printable of course) and
the photo output is awesome. Great little printer for $99.

John

A word of caution on your comment about compatibility in ink cartridges.
While having the same types might make it easy to remember which one to by,
don't think that you can move carts between the printers. Once installed,
they are best left in the printer until they are empty.

Also, there is no reason that a decent printer wouldn't fill both bills. My
HP Photosmart has card slots for several styles of cards so I could print
directly from them if I like, while still having it computer attached.
Newer models even have a small LCD screen for viewing the images before
printing.


"Bill" wrote in message ...
John Doe wrote:

Forget HP they haven't updated their technology in a decade. Same old
printer guts repackaged with new numbers.

Somewhat exaggerated response, I would say.

My fairly new HP Deskjet 6540 (not even a Photosmart printer) produces
excellent photos that rival Epson or Canon models of similar pricing. In
fact, it produces slightly better prints than my old Canon i850, with
truer colours, and the Canon cost $50 more when new.

As always, personal preference plays a big part of the decision making
process.

A word of caution on your comment about compatibility in ink cartridges.
While having the same types might make it easy to remember which one to by,
don't think that you can move carts between the printers. Once installed,
they are best left in the printer until they are empty.

Also, there is no reason that a decent printer wouldn't fill both bills. My
HP Photosmart has card slots for several styles of cards so I could print
directly from them if I like, while still having it computer attached.
Newer models even have a small LCD screen for viewing the images before
printing.


"Bill" wrote in message ...
John Doe wrote:

Forget HP they haven't updated their technology in a decade. Same old
printer guts repackaged with new numbers.

Somewhat exaggerated response, I would say.

My fairly new HP Deskjet 6540 (not even a Photosmart printer) produces
excellent photos that rival Epson or Canon models of similar pricing. In
fact, it produces slightly better prints than my old Canon i850, with
truer colours, and the Canon cost $50 more when new.

As always, personal preference plays a big part of the decision making
process.