Photo Printer Recommendations ...

[Collins Richey]

On 11/27/05, Federico Voges <ftc at ftc.com.ar> wrote:
> Ben Duncan wrote:
> > Speaking of wives ...
> >
> > Last year Christmas, got her a Digital Camera. This year, she wants a
> > stand alone photo printer.
> >
> > Any recommendations, comments of cost of operations,etc ...
> >
> > Oh yeah, have got around +/- $200 to spend on it ...
> >
> >
> Not sure if you've considered this but... I'm not really friend of
> standalone photo printers or photo printers in general. I prefer to get
> "real" prints from a photo lab. It's cheaper and the quality is much better.
>
> I think that in the long run, you'll get much better results for less
> money :)
>
> I've used Ofoto (now kodakgallery) in the past and the service is
> excellent. Now you can go to any shop and get prints in 1hr (avoid the
> self service machines, they suck).
>
> Just my $0.02.
>

I have to agree. My wife uses winkflash or bonusprint service half the
time even though she has a perfectly good printer.

If you get a standalone printer, try Epson, but you can save yourself
the hassle by using a service. Or just get a top notch color printer
(should be under $200) for attachment to your computer(s). Even
WinCrap can handle these printers quite well, and they frequently come
with free WinCrap photo manipulation software that works reasonably
well. The only real drawback to the free software that came with the
Epson printer is that it creates filenames like picture.JPG so you
have to rename the files to the industry standard pricture.jpg if you
want to do anything else with the files.

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Collins Richey
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