Best Photo Printers
It is almost unbelievable where technology is taking us. Even a three-year old can take a picture with a camera and get it printed with a photo printer. Who do you think tests these items before they go on sale to the general public? All joking aside, you are probably looking for the best photo printers you can find. Well of course you are. Why would you be interested in anything but the best photo printer? Best is a subjective word, what is best for you maybe totally unacceptable to another. So be sure to read every article or review you can find. Check it out in the store. Ask around to others about the kind of printer they have used and what they recommend. Read this excerpt from a review found at www.photographyblog.com.
Articles: "Finding the Best Photo Printer"
November 10th, 2004
by Phil Baker
I've been trying out some of the latest models of color ink-jet photo printers from Canon, Epson and HP. Each is designed to make high-quality photo prints, up to 8 1/2" x 11", as well as black and white documents, making these ideal for general use in the home or small office. All have the same list price of $199 and work with both PCs and Macs.
I looked at the Canon PIXMA iP5000, the HP 8150, and the Epson Stylus Photo R320. According to the manufacturers, each of these printers makes the best color prints of any of their models in this price range.
For my testing I printed a variety of images of people and landscapes at the best image quality setting, then printed typical Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on plain paper. For each printer I used that printer company's own best quality photo paper for all of the photo prints.
The Canon, a simple-looking black plastic box, has the smallest footprint of the three. It prints droplets as small as 1 picoliter, half the dot size of Canon's previous models. The Canon has two paper trays, useful to store photo paper in one and plain paper in the other.
The Canon also sequentially prints on both sides of the paper with its duplex printing capability. Check the Duplex box on the print driver and the printer does the rest. This is great for multi-page reports, contracts and manuscripts.
You can also use this feature for photos using Canon's new two-sided photographic paper. These prints make professional looking albums using Canon's binders, without the need to use transparent pages to mount the images back-to-back.
The HP and Epson models let you edit and print without using a computer by plugging your memory cards into slots on the printers and using an array of controls and knobs to select and adjust the images. You can crop, remove red-eye, adjust brightness and select the paper and formatting all from the printer using a tiny color LCD display to help.
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