are any home printers any good?

Camtrekker said:
The main paper I use is Permajet oyster. Then Permajet Gloss and Portrait white. I also use their Digital Photo Canvas.

When I went over to the Lyson CIS 18 months ago, they paid for me to get the printer profiles done, which makes a huge difference to the quality, as the profile is done for the paper as well as the ink.

I wouldn't go back to Epson cartridges again. Too expensive and wastes far too much ink cleaning the heads when you change a cartridge.
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Thanks for the info, I suspect I don't print enough to make it worthwhile but good to have the feedback :).
 
I use an epson dx7450 and i'm more than happy with the results except the reds look a little magenta compared to whats on screen, what could i do to adjust this, would i do in the PP or in the printer settings?
 
just bought an epson PX710W wireless printer,scanner and copier...and i'm well impressed with the results i get with it...6 inks which are easily changed,and very easy to use,but like the fact i can place it wherever i want.was looking to get the canon pixma 4700,but after seeing a demo of the epson...it was the one for me...got it from here..

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/pr...id=ppc_google_long_tail_printers_Epson_PX710W
 
Chaz Photos said:
How do you set this? I can not see any adjusts ment in teh screen menu or do you take a light reading from the screen?
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Some monitor calibrators will set this for you. If you are using one that doesn't, such as a Huey Pro which doesn't set the brightness levels, then I'm afraid you're going to have do a bit of guesswork. Try notching down the brightness about 4 notches to start with and compare the print output after you process your images at that brightness. You'll see a marked difference.

Try the white paper test
Open a blank image in Photoshop (with a white background) and hold up a sheet of your printing paper. If the white of the screen does not match the white of the paper, you will not have success getting the actual monitor image to match the print. You can change your lighting to match the monitor, or you can adjust your monitor to match your lighting. It is easier to do the latter, but it is more proper to do the former.
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The source of the above quote is here.

This thread might be an interesting read for those who don't quite buy the fact that monitor luminance has any bearing on dark prints.
 
I'm not sure what the fuss is about with the expensive printers being discussed... ANY decent consumer photo printer (such as the HP Photosmart series) will give you a very decent print, a print which looks ten times better than it would on your monitor.

...and these printers can be had at very cheap prices!
 
Been using a Canon Pixma IP4600 for a while now,and to be honest the prints tend to be better than those i order online.
Probably not as cheap,but very fast,high quality A4 prints.
Cant fault it really,hasnt let me down once.
 
ok - have not read in full the 30 replies above...... however I bought a canon Pixma 3600 for <£60 from warehouseexpress

Prints a4 borderless as good as i will need, though its a bit thirsty on ink on max resoultion......... but for a £50 photo dedicated printer, cannot beat it in my opinion.
 
got my ip4700, ink and paper and did my first print last night.

Holy cow was the quality amazing. This was without doubt at least twice as good as anything I've ever had developed from photobox.

Boy am I glad I bought this printer, the extra cost of the prints is more than worth the quality improvement and convienience
 
I use an Epson R265 (I think) and I love the results. I use Tesco premium paper (used to use Epson Premium Glossy) and compatible ink cartridges that only cost about £1 per colour. I find that there is no difference between them. Some will disagree I am sure.!

I too suffered with 'too dark' pics so I set a profile for my display settings to match. I simply set the profile when I'm editing pics for home printing.

I love the convenience of home printing but it does cost more. Tesco Premium A4 glossy paper is £4 per 20 sheets(unless on offer). 20p per sheet. 4 6x4 pics per sheet. 5p per print. Plus cost of ink and electric. Works out the same price as photobox (roughly) and thats using 'cheaper' paper & ink. Put Epson paper and ink in the equation and there is no comparison. Online labs would win all the time.
 
I have two EPSON printer combos and I consider them excellent. Plus the cartridges are easily filled,or buy a box of cartridges for less than a fiver. Luckily they are spot on with my PC never had to do any adjustments. Epson keep emailing me to try their new printers but no chance.
 
Forgot to mention the paper. I buy my paper from COSTCO. It is Swiss made but sold under a U.S name. Tested by a local shop and declared excellent. Cheap to.
 
mastertrinity said:
to get the best print quality you have to spend a good couple of thousand then on top of that theres print costs and maintenance. i would never do home printing as its easier to save money towards buying a new lens or piece of equipment and printing somewhere such as photobox, dscl, one vision, or loxley.
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I can now confirm this is definitely not true.

My printer was £90 and the prints are much better than when having them developed from photobox
 
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