I was myself in the same dilemma not long ago, and after many days of studying various forums and specialized test labs and opinions I have decided for the one that got by far most of the specialists votes for personal lab photo as "PictureMate Deluxe Viewer Edition", see the official webpage at:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=53540922&modeloid=56361&infoType=Downloads
I have an Epson R300.
Best printer I have found.Good clarity ,Good Ink. Etc,Etc. Also does cd's. They are getting cheaper now.
Go with Epson- you won't be sorry!Without spending a ton of money. You will get unbelievable results.
If you could not tell all the major brands of printers perform well, (HP, Canon and Epson). The only thing that separates the printers are the extra features and the price of ink. I prefer Canon and Epson because their printers have individual ink tanks. Now that HP is offering individual ink tanks there is not a difference. I have an Epson for my personal use and a Canon for my network with the children. I cannot tell the difference as along as I use the respective paper for the printers. I have not tried generic inks so I cannot testify or lie for their productivity. I can say that both inks in my printers are reasonable for each tank. I would recommend that you did not try to print text with a photograph printer.
Most newer inkjet printers from the major brands work fine. I'm currently using and older Epson sylus 880. It prints on the slow side but the pictures are decent. My friend always has been an HP inkjet user and his prints also are fine.
To get truly good photos, you need to experiment with your printer and try different print settings to see what will give you the best results. Make sure you use the good photostock paper and set your printer settings appropriately. I have spent countless times printing the same picture with different settings just to see how the photo varies.
From talking to some professional photographers at a Nikon workshop, a lot of them use Epson printers. One of the reasons is that their inks are a bit more stable from batch to batch. There is less variance on the print outs.
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