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What is the best photo printer to buy for around £150. looking for quality
over all else.
TIA

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If it's quality you're after and can stretch the extra £50 then go for the
Epson R800.

Regards

DM

"dd" <dd@ghost.com> wrote in message
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> What is the best photo printer to buy for around £150. looking for
> quality over all else.
> TIA
>

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Yeah I agree Roy, as I mentioned in an earlier post I had a chance to try
the R1800 at the recent Focus On Imaging with some of my own Photos - it was
stunning! Unfortunately, little definite news on being able to get my hands
on one in the UK yet (
At the show Epson were stating availability as April but I've yet to see any
supplier websites advertising even the ability to pre-order. The R1800 is
finally up on Epson's own website & lists suppliers where one can get it
from (just seems they don't know about it yet). Also, following the link for
R1800 consumables on Epson's own online store also lists 'nothing
available'.

Regards

DM

"Roy" <royphoty@iona-guesthouse.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Yes.
>
> The R800 has to be the best, it is streets ahead of the 200 and 300, as
> far as quality of output is concerned.
>
> No gimmicks, just quality.
>
> It can even produce stunning Black and Whites.
>
> I can not wait to get my hands on the Wide version, the R1800.
>
> Roy G
>
>
> "DM" <dungeon.master@nospam.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Kk93e.1475$G8.1374@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> If it's quality you're after and can stretch the extra £50 then go for
>> the Epson R800.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> DM
>>
>> "dd" <dd@ghost.com> wrote in message
>> news2j4tk$l10$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
>>> What is the best photo printer to buy for around £150. looking for
>>> quality over all else.
>>> TIA
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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"Chris Brown" <cpbrown@ntlworld.no_uce_please.com> wrote in message
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> In article <J_93e.1213$kr.660@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net>,
> Roy <royphoty@iona-guesthouse.co.uk> wrote:
>>Yes.
>>
>>The R800 has to be the best, it is streets ahead of the 200 and 300, as
>>far
>>as quality of output is concerned.
>>
>>No gimmicks, just quality.
>
> Can you actually get the ink to flow through the nozzles on this one if
> you
> don't use it for more than 5 minutes?
>
> Chris, who's just replaced his Epson Stylus Headclog 1290 with a Canon
> i9950, and is looking forward to not having to use 50% of each ink
> cartridge
> up in head cleaning.

I have a 1270, 1280 (your 1290) and a 7600 and in 5 years have had a total
of one clog.

Were you always using Epson inks?

Tom

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On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:05:13 GMT, in rec.photo.digital "David J Taylor"
<david-taylor@blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk> wrote:

>dd wrote:
>> What is the best photo printer to buy for around £150. looking for
>> quality over all else.
>> TIA
>
>For half that you can get an Epson R200 which is pretty good. The R300
>gives you the ability to print directly from memory cards - no PC
>required.

A recent thread in comp.periphs.printers
Message-ID: <uhg4e.7268$il.1409@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>
has pointed out that it is impossible to replace the waste ink pad in the
200 without replacing a good part of the printer given it's flimsy build.

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