which of these epsons give the best prints
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A bit late now, but there are som special offers on the Epson R200 - a "PHOTO" (5 colour + black) printer that can also handle printable CD - £69.99 at PC World - Or £49.99 if ordered with ANY camera, including the £19.89 AGFA (They won't want to give you THAT deal in store, some say they will, others say they insist on it being a dearer camera).
Online, choose the camera - code 948861 if you want to jump to it, and then select the printer, and anything else you fancy from the discount list.
Use the camera as a webcam, or give it as a present, sell it on EBAY, whatever!
I'd be surprised if you can get an 880 - with unchipped cartridges for black and colour, these are "cheap as chips" to keep fed with clone cartridges.
880 - supports up to 2880 x 720 resolution
The C84 uses the Durabrite lightfast ink 5760 x 1440 resolution (Photo RPM mode on Photo paper only, VERY slow in that maximum mode. and usually overkill!)
Individual colours
C64, also 5760 x 1440 - same cartridges as C84 - I guess it's just a slower model
C82
Individual colour, not Durabrite
Online, choose the camera - code 948861 if you want to jump to it, and then select the printer, and anything else you fancy from the discount list.
Use the camera as a webcam, or give it as a present, sell it on EBAY, whatever!
I'd be surprised if you can get an 880 - with unchipped cartridges for black and colour, these are "cheap as chips" to keep fed with clone cartridges.
880 - supports up to 2880 x 720 resolution
The C84 uses the Durabrite lightfast ink 5760 x 1440 resolution (Photo RPM mode on Photo paper only, VERY slow in that maximum mode. and usually overkill!)
Individual colours
C64, also 5760 x 1440 - same cartridges as C84 - I guess it's just a slower model
C82
Individual colour, not Durabrite
The best Epson Printer currently is buing a Canon!
I was always an Epson supporter, but that idiotic policy with the chipped cartridges which show up empty with some 40% of their ink still in is driving me nuts...
Surely enough all Epson priters are ages ahead of their HP price rivals (at least quality wise), but Canons have equal or just a tad worse output quality, comparable pricetag and their cartridges are cheaper and (what really matters) UNCHIPPED and the color cartridges come separated, and not 3 in 1 as in most Epson printers- which means a HUGE saving in ink (if you print in color a lot you can save the WHOLE printer within two months). Their speed is also, in most cases, better than the Epsons. Packards are still the fastest (and the most popular), but myself won't touch a Packard again even with a thirty yard pole... that said I still have an ancient HP Deskjet 320 portable printer (some ten years old) which STILL prints- but HP has degraded a lot since then...
I was always an Epson supporter, but that idiotic policy with the chipped cartridges which show up empty with some 40% of their ink still in is driving me nuts...
Surely enough all Epson priters are ages ahead of their HP price rivals (at least quality wise), but Canons have equal or just a tad worse output quality, comparable pricetag and their cartridges are cheaper and (what really matters) UNCHIPPED and the color cartridges come separated, and not 3 in 1 as in most Epson printers- which means a HUGE saving in ink (if you print in color a lot you can save the WHOLE printer within two months). Their speed is also, in most cases, better than the Epsons. Packards are still the fastest (and the most popular), but myself won't touch a Packard again even with a thirty yard pole... that said I still have an ancient HP Deskjet 320 portable printer (some ten years old) which STILL prints- but HP has degraded a lot since then...
This tool would be useful: SSC Service Utility. However, I think your model is not supported yet.
ipdave
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You don't have the 960 listed; it makes excellent 8x10 photos off of my Sony 707 5mp digital camera that have replaced my old 35mm Olympus OM-3 pro camera prints.
Also does a good job printing on CD/DVD's. 5 color, 2 black cartridges with dyes that last 40+ years (for archive prints that last more than 2-3 years and change color).
Also does a good job printing on CD/DVD's. 5 color, 2 black cartridges with dyes that last 40+ years (for archive prints that last more than 2-3 years and change color).
According to JR Inkjet, the original Epson cartridges for this modelk cannot be refilled - their refillable ones ar £5.99 each - that make £23.96 a set.
http://www.xscomputersupplies.com/acatalog/Epson_Stylus_C64_C64_Photo_Edition.html
Our sponsor is £3.30-£3.60 each, or £13.05 a set.
Given the price drops of chipped clone cartridges, I'm not sure that refilling adds up, risk of mess, risk of fouling up the refill and contaminating the print head.
For "head in the cartridge" systems, refilling certainly does add up, as for those, the only alternatives are expensive originals, or refills that you do not really know the quality of - often poor, if run to bone dry before refill. And I've seen a HP Deskjet original, black wadding (original type) cartridge, run in pseudo-continuous feed, just shooting it with ink, using a home-made filler funnel through the vent hole (with the cartridge STILL INSTALLED) - it was everlasting!
PS. It's also rumoured the Epsons are more economical if you leave the power to them on, as they power off to a "standby" and will not perform a full startup cycle (including spitting ink into the waste) unless required by timer.
If powered completely off ** USE PRINTER OFF FIRST, to ensure it's parked the head if it needs to **, then it will spit every time.
Certainly, once you've used it for the day, and might use it again, you want to keep it powered, but put it to OFF so you don't forget - actually, they do park up fairly quickly, so if the printer has been idle for more than half a minute, the head is probably parked and capped already.
http://www.xscomputersupplies.com/acatalog/Epson_Stylus_C64_C64_Photo_Edition.html
Our sponsor is £3.30-£3.60 each, or £13.05 a set.
Given the price drops of chipped clone cartridges, I'm not sure that refilling adds up, risk of mess, risk of fouling up the refill and contaminating the print head.
For "head in the cartridge" systems, refilling certainly does add up, as for those, the only alternatives are expensive originals, or refills that you do not really know the quality of - often poor, if run to bone dry before refill. And I've seen a HP Deskjet original, black wadding (original type) cartridge, run in pseudo-continuous feed, just shooting it with ink, using a home-made filler funnel through the vent hole (with the cartridge STILL INSTALLED) - it was everlasting!
PS. It's also rumoured the Epsons are more economical if you leave the power to them on, as they power off to a "standby" and will not perform a full startup cycle (including spitting ink into the waste) unless required by timer.
If powered completely off ** USE PRINTER OFF FIRST, to ensure it's parked the head if it needs to **, then it will spit every time.
Certainly, once you've used it for the day, and might use it again, you want to keep it powered, but put it to OFF so you don't forget - actually, they do park up fairly quickly, so if the printer has been idle for more than half a minute, the head is probably parked and capped already.