Help, need a new printer

Bronco

Bronco

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Okay, I've just finished smashing my Epson Stylus R320 printer into ten thousand pieces. Literally. The neighbors are still wondering what all the noise was about. But damn, did it feel good. I've had this POS for about two years now, and that was about two years too many. The experience would only have been better if I had been smashing it over the head of the president of Epson. Don't get me wrong. On the right paper, it printed 4x6 photos that were indistinguishable from those that you'd get back from the professional photo labs. And that's about where the good news ended. It couldn't feed regular paper worth a crap and was constantly refusing to print due to phantom "paper jams" that simply didn't exist. I don't know if Epson simply makes a crap product or if I got a lemon, but, even with a $100 worth of unused ink cartridges lying around, I'm opening the floor up to suggestions of all makes and manufacturers.

Requirements:

-- Must be Mac compatible.

-- I only want a printer - I don't need it to scan, copy, fax, collate, staple, send emails, receive emails or video teleconference.

-- Good quality photo printing would be a nice added feature, but not necessarily a must have. As I said before, the Epson R320 made really nice quality prints, which was fun, but the hassle involved in getting the computer and printer to work together largely made the process more trouble than it was worth. If the computer to Photoshop to printer interface issues have become less cumbersome in the last couple of years, then I'd like to keep this option open.

-- As for price, let's set an arbitrary limit at around $300.

Thanks.

I have to go back outside now and pick up some more plastic shards and springs. :D
 
I had an Epson too and is was also a POS... I just bought a Canon Pixma 430 (sorry it is a 3 in 1) It does everythting i need and got it for $79.
 
Bronco said:
Okay, I've just finished smashing my Epson Stylus R320 printer into ten thousand pieces. Literally. The neighbors are still wondering what all the noise was about. But damn, did it feel good.
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I did that to a ZIP drive just yesterday. And yes, it does feel good!


I've had my Epson 1280 for at least five years now. It's still unsurpassed in photo quality and it just seems to feed every kind of paper I put into it with reasonable results. Though I have noticed that, for photos, you've pretty much got to use Epson paper if you want excellent results.

I hate the $40 ink cartriges. Between the cost of paper and ink, an 81/2 x 11 picture costs about $2.35. And that's not a cost advantage over what you can get at a local photo store. But, the quality is better and there's value in convenience.
 
I had an Epson --- It sucked---- took it back after 30 min could not get it to print.

I had a Brother and it left a cryptic message on my computer that I can't get rid of when I start it up. It sucks too. Threw it away.

I have a Canon --- It works good. I know a guy that has 7 Canons and he loves them.
 
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