Home printing and photo paper..........

Lynton

Lynton

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Now am fully expecting to get shot down in flames for this but will tell it as I see.........

On Sunday bought a Canon PIXAR i3600 printer from warehouse express - over the counter... £55 or so....... yeah can get it £50 from elsewhere, but i wanted it there and then.......

Spent an age lining up the printerheads, and tonight have been printing off several pics for my photography course........

Lying around we have some HP 5 star Premium Plus photo paper, and some Fujifilm super duper.... and other day bought 25 sheets of Staples - albeit - photo supreme... 270g/m2 as opposed to 280g/m2.......... but less than half the price.....

TO be honest, it is fantastic quality, in the interest of science printed off the same image, twice, on a sheet of each, and in a blind test, wife preferred the cheaper one, though to me, IQ is unnoticable........ thatis a 10mpeg image printed borderless at A4, no resizing.. etc..

Puts the prints from a well known high street camera store to shame.........
 
Have to agree! I have the same one (I think) and love it, I would, without too much reluctance, print an image for someone on that printer, - I usually prefer to get them done properly though. I did have a HP thing but it was hideous, it wouldn't even allign properly. I was gutted!
 
MagicMynx - i guess it depends on what you call "properly" - visited a certian often mentioned high street retailer on here, and found them quite expensive and colours dreadful....... Online have used Photobox, who are reasonable, quick to deliver, though that is dependant on Postie, so who knows with strikes threatened.

This printer will happily do A4, borderless at very high quality and doesnt appear to drink ink, once I take an image worth A2 or so, then i will let the pro's take over.........by that time, the postal strike should be over!


Agree, with HP and IQ though on my HP printer.
 
I had a similar experience after visiting costco and buying thier own kirkland signature paper 150 sheets for £13.00 and couldnt believe the quality it really did knock spots off the fuji and kodak premium papers.
 
I read in a magazine a couple years ago, that Staples supreme photo paper was made by Fuji. I have the Canon ip4600 and find the print quality is superb. I just trawl the internet to find the inks at the cheapest price.
 
I use a small selection of papers in my Canon printers - Canon's own brand for "best", Ilford Galerie for next step down and then Lidl's own brand for 6x4s and for prints where longevity isn't necessary.

Cheapest place I've found for Canon original inks is Tescos - IF you need a full set (well, CM&Y) of CLI-8 inks. £29.97 compared to 7day's 29.99 (IIRC) They're not so cheap for the other inks I use though - they DO come from 7day.
 
I use a Epson R220 to print at home, it does decent A4 and 4x6 depending on quality of paper and the ink is dirt cheap... Havent really compared the print quality but definitely acceptable for home use.
 
Anything over A4, Lee at Togsprints does them.A4 or under I do at home on a Epson SX205,more than good enough for most uses.
 
PIXMAs do cracking shots for the money
always preferred them to Epson mid range printers
Treat yourself to some decent canon paper.
I find that the output is excellent. Epson and HP paper won't give you the results I feel as the paper is designed to go with the ink and blend with it
Ilford paper should be great, as it's not designed for a particular printer but I'd not tried the really good stuff, only the cheaper Ilford
 
I use snapfish usually, but any that I want A4-ish or a ba$tard size (can't believe that's sensored LOL, I assume most people hear know that it means "not standard size") I'll be going to togsprint TBH - the only reason I haven't so far is cause I've not had any printed since my college course finished. LOL

There's a high street printer that gave my niece a green face. When I went and whinged they said they alligned the heads daily, blah blah blah, then the same manager proceeded to change cartridges and not allign them! :rofl:

I don't like kodak online either, the coulours always seem darker than snapfish or my printing and I don't know, they feel cheap...
 
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