On 09/23/2010 12:50 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > I currently have a HP Photosmart C5580 which is a decent all-in-one <snip> > Since in general HP printers are well supported, one of the printers > I'm looking at is the HP Photosmart B8550[1]. > > My inlaws have one of the Epson Artisan printers and it seems to do > well so I'm also considering the Artisan 835[2]. <snip> as for recommending a printer, i will not. having been in photo finishing business servicing equipment for over 30 years, i still like photo negative and photo paper prints. ink layers just do not have quality of emulsion layers. that said, and from what i have seen in ink layer printing it is getting better, but still has a long way to go. i will make a few suggestions. stay with a good name brand. in order of personal choice based on what i have seen, hp, cannon, epson. laser jet over ink jet. get a printer that is not an 'all in one'. you will pay a more, but if one fails, you do not lose both. get a printer that has 3 or 4 individual color cartridges, plus black. get a printer that has a high dots per inch, even if it's out put is a little slower. you want quality, not quantity. shop around for best deal on price. there are plenty out there. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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