Which is Better - Epson R300 or Canon i960

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I have the R300 and I love it! Text is great, photos are beautiful. I also
like the quality of the printed cd's.




"Henry Morrell" <hmorrell@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> My fifth HP died again. No more for them. I've looked at data and
> can't find any good, factual reviews on the two printers.
> Anybody got either, and what do you think of it? How's the quality?
> I do about 50% text/graphics; 50% photo work.

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I have the i965 and have no complaints about he quality of photo printing,
just fantastic, I also just picked up the duplex unit for it and that works
like a treat :-)

Gary


"Henry Morrell" <hmorrell@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> My fifth HP died again. No more for them. I've looked at data and
> can't find any good, factual reviews on the two printers.
> Anybody got either, and what do you think of it? How's the quality?
> I do about 50% text/graphics; 50% photo work.

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my 3rd Epson died and I bought the i960 WOW! I love it.


"Information" <azhotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can only speak to the i960, it is a great machine
>
> Check dpreview
>
>
> "Henry Morrell" <hmorrell@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:8c7a02bd.0404270908.480bc5a8@posting.google.com...
> : My fifth HP died again. No more for them. I've looked at data and
> : can't find any good, factual reviews on the two printers.
> : Anybody got either, and what do you think of it? How's the quality?
> : I do about 50% text/graphics; 50% photo work.
>
>

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I have both an Epson1280 and a Canon 960 hooked up right now. Bottom line: I
would sooner give up the Epson, and I have been using Epsons since the first
700 photoquality printer.

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Just got the R300 cheap (microcenter.com 20% off sale right now).

Like the 925 before, works just as nicely printing directly from the
digital camera cards w/o a PC, and the prints come out looking great.
Quieter than the 925, a touch faster, and nice direct-to-CD print
feature is added.

Solid as a rock, works 5 minutes out of the box and after the
brain-dead-easy CD install, and no problems at all. Certainly expect it
to run just like the 925 before w/o problems.

Highly recommended for a nice photo printer with direct-card print
capabilities.

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Don't know about the i960, but the i550 here has been running fine for
ages as well, so expect the latest models to do well.

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Keep in mind that 4x6" Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper 100pk is $15.
Canon 120 pk. of photo 4x6" is about $25.

That alone means your 4x6" prints will cost more based on paper alone.
(I've looked, everything's more expensive than Epson for 4x6" photo paper.)

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Quality? email me if you're in the USA and I can mail out some samples
from the R300.... but basically, looks great and I'd buy another w/o
hesitation -- really great glossy photo prints that look 'better' than
the semi-glossy Kodak Ultima film prints I've made from my local lab
(and the others who've seen both sets of prints agree). YOu can really
make better-than-film-prints nowadays.