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Need a new printer.Anny suggestions?
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Hello!I have an epson 740 but my warranty expired so I can not exchanged it.It's not working right,I tried everything but it does not work. So I'm ready to get a new one.I got the epson 785EPX for about $270 but the quality of the pictures is the same as the 740.I'm going to take it back to the store.I will like to get a printer that is very close to real quality and I'm willing to spend up to $450 or so.Any suggestions? I got a great digital camera.
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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I love my Epson 880. Great photo quallity on photo paper, text is sharp, and it is supported by OS X right out of the box. If you do serious photography, the six color Epson ink jets are spectacular. They do suck up the ink at a fast pace, but the quallity is something you just have to see.
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I am an amateur photographer, doing nature shots, and I have owned an Epson 870 for a year, and the photo results have been fantastic. This printer is no longer made, but it's successors, the Photo 780 and the Photo 890 are even better! If you're looking for something to do photo quality work at a very reasonable price, either one of these will do the trick. The 780 is basically just a slower printer than the 890. They are a little more expensive to use, as the ink can be used quickly when you're printing a lot of photos, but the quality is unbeatable by any printer in the under $500 range. 
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Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
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Yep.
You want one of the 6-color Stylus Photo models from Epson.
I do a lot of photography printing also and nothing else even comes close.
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One of the things I've come to realize about printers: Many are designed to make cash-cows out of their users, in the form of cartridge sales! Heck, many companies actually lose money on the printer hardware pricing, and make it up IN SPADES in cart sales.
Do your homework, and see what carts go for for the printer model you're interestd in, and are their alternatives to the 'brand' name carts, and what kind of ass-gouging are you getting in for.
If you're a home user, stay away from many 'business' model printers -unless you have a real specific need for some extra feature they may offer- as the carts often times sell for 'business user' prices.. IE :open your wallet, bend over and say "MOOOOOOOO"!.
Okay, that out of the way, stick with Epson. I've owned a ton of them, and loved them all! Currently I have an 880, 860, and 760 all working hard for me. The print quality is excellent, they are fast, reliable. I can't say enough good things about the 880 if you want a good all around afordable printer.
And most importantly of all, there are ample sources of 'alt brand' cartridges that work fine in most Epson models, and cost me in the neighborhood of $6 for color and $4 for black, as opposed to the cash-cow pricing of 'offical' carts. I've found that Epsons are the most compatible printers with all manner of off-brand and remanufactured carts than other brands are. Been using exclusivly nothing but off brand carts in my printers for years now, with no problems.
So unless you want to be HP, or Cannon or some other company's cartridge-bitch, want high quality, and reliable printing, I say the choices are Epson, Epson, or Epson.
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