Epson R300[M?] or Canon i965 - which is best?

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Trying to chose the "best" printer. By "best" I mean which
does the best quality pictures......with half an eye on which is
cheapest to run. Speed doesn't matter.

Any thoughts?

TIA, Alan.

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On 14 Apr 2004 10:01:29 GMT, fredbillie@aol.comnospam (FredBillie) wrote:

><< From: amwalker3@tiscali.co.uk (Alan Walker)
>Date: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 4:49 AM
>Message-id: <407d07d4.3167817@news.tiscali.co.uk>
>
> Trying to chose the "best" printer. By "best" I mean which
>does the best quality pictures......with half an eye on which is
>cheapest to run. Speed doesn't matter.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> TIA, Alan.
> >>

>I would definitely vote for the i965. The output of a picture I tried on a R300
>wasn’t as good as my old Canon S900. In any event, it would be a much closer
>contest if you compared the i965 with the R800, keeping in mind, however, that
>the retail on the R800 is twice that of the i960 (I assume the i965 wouldn’t
>be much more, haven’t seen them in the US).
>
>As I understand it, the i960 (and I assume the i965) has 3012 nozzles dropping
>2 picoliter drops while the R300 has 540 nozzles dropping 3 picoliter drops.
>You mentioned that speed wasn’t a problem but, for your information, my S900
>prints a 9X10 twice as fast as the R300 and the i965 should be somewhat faster.



Yes but a Epson print head lasts for ever, not like the 18 months for the
Canon..


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