Tell me the good/bad of all-in-one printers

[Sethsmama]

I'm looking for a good all-in-one printer that will print out good quality pictures (not just 4x6 because I have an Epson picturemate for that) and for not a lot of $. Let me hear about the raves and negatives of what you all have encountered.

 

[rtphokie]

I'm looking for a good all-in-one printer that will print out good quality pictures (not just 4x6 because I have an Epson picturemate for that) and for not a lot of $. Let me hear about the raves and negatives of what you all have encountered.

Probably not what you were looking for but I gave up on printing photos at home. It's just too cheap at Walgreens, WalMart, or Target and the quality is much better there.

I much prefer having a low cost B&W laser printer and printing the occasional photo at one of those stores.

 

[timnca]

Take a look at the new Kodak printers at Best Buy. I was very impressed with the print quality, and the ink cost is less than $25 for both black and color. I am getting the 5300, its an all in one, kinda big but I thought the quality was great. Check it out heres a link:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat112500050001&type=category

 

[mabas9395]

By all-in-one, do you mean photo printing as well as document printing? Or do you mean printing, scanning, faxing, etc?

 

[Anewman]

We have an old RX500, I think epson is now upto the RX620.

Works great, scans decent(not great for 35mm negative scanning), ink is cheap and lasts a decent amount of time.

It is going on 3 years old now so I imagine they are even better and cheaper now, when it dies I will replace it with the updated model. I originally paid about $300.

I do most printing via mail order and use costco 1hr for rush orders, but for kids projects and real emergency prints it does well if you have decent paper.

 

[Master Mason]

I have an older HP all in one... it does so so at best for pictures. I also have a HP Photosmart D7160 that does decent pictures. But as with the posters above, I only use if for a quick photo here and there or something for the kids, If I really want a printed picture I plan on keeping, I have it done profesionally, they look better and last longer

 

[wdwmom2]

I only use if for a quick photo here and there or something for the kids, If I really want a printed picture I plan on keeping, I have it done profesionally, they look better and last longer

My thoughts exactly. I only use it for my kids projects and for pics that I need RIGHT NOW. It nowhere compares with the quality of professional photo labs.

 

[fitzperry]

Add me to the list of those who have decided it's easier and cheaper to print on-line (Mpix) or at Costco unless we need something immediately . . . . like this pic of the fish dh caught on Saturday night that he needed to show off to everyone who came to dd's birthday party on Sunday. That's dh's uncle showing him how to hold the fish way out in front of him so that it looks bigger. I've had dedicated photo printers and a couple of all in ones (currently an HP 5610 printer/scanner/fax) and have never been satisfied with the print quality.

 

[boBQuincy]

All-in-ones are good for doing... well, everything. But they are probably not great for doing any one thing.

A good dedicated photo printer can produce a print that is better than anything you can get from a lab, no contest. It's not cheap, it's not easy, and requires a calibrated monitor and paper profiles, among other things, but if you don't mind investing the time and $$$ then home printing is the way to go for quality.

 

[jann1033]

we have an HP PSC 1610, it works fine for what i bought it for, husband's business cards, flyers, invoices, proposals, scanning or copying documents. although i didn't buy it for them, color photos are usually ok, but it annoys me that to print an 8x10 i have to trim them from 8.5x11 paper so i rarely make one.and sometimes the print is weird so i occasionally waste a bunch of photo ink on a photo i would never display due to the print...cheaper and less frustrating for me to order online and have them do it.... b&w photos,just stink period from my printer so i never print them myself. last one was black and pink???????????but it was only $100 so i can't gripe to much, at least it works better than the 2 multipasses i had from canon that never printed with out rebooting the computer a few times, sometimes between pages so i would avoid canon all in ones like the plague