Good photo printer?

[kpadalik]

I'm hoping this is the right place to post this (you can move it if needed, mods) and I'm hoping that you all can help me.

I've had an HP Photosmart 7150 printer for almost 9 years now. It has been a fabulous printer for printing out pictures. I'm an avid scrapbooker and I constantly print 4x6 pictures, sometimes 5x7, and rarely 8x10. However, after all these years, my printer has just about died and gone to printer heaven. I've cleaned it, got new ink cartridges, etc - all to no avail.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good photo printer? I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on one, but I want a good one that is going to print up good pictures. My HP used to print out almost-lab quality pics.

Thanks for your help! I will be a very happy camper when I can start getting pics printed at home instead of running up to Walgreens all the time!

[kpadalik]

Anyone?

[PamCo88]

Most of the photo printers being sold will give really good prints. I haven't looked in 6 months, but the price seems to depend more on the bells and whistles than print quality. You can get a good printer for $100, but if you want WiFi the price will be higher.

[labdogs42]

I love my Epson PictureMate for 4x6's. I have had it for years and it still does a fantastic job. It is a dedicated printer for only 4x6's, so you'd have to do enlargements elsewhere. you might try the photography board for more printer recommendations. I bet they have some opinions over there!

[kpadalik]

Thanks for the recommendations...I did post this on the photography board as well...I figured between photogs and scrapbookers, I would get many recs!!!!

[boBQuincy]

I like the prints from Canon Pixma printers, especially the ones that use 8 inks. I have a Canon Pro9000 that produces prints that are the equal of anything I have seen from any lab. However, top quality printing takes a calibrated monitor, software that can use profiles, and good paper. It is not easy nor inexpensive.

Prints from Epson pigment ink printers probably have the best resistance to fading. The pigment printers are generally Epson's premium line and they are very good.

[ms.pinkpixie]

I'm faithful to cannon. DH and I have printed almost ALL of our wedding pictures plus I do graphics, photoshop and scrapbooking and print everything. When poople see the pictures they can't believe I printed them at home.

[ms.pinkpixie]

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