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[waycoolmom]

Does anyone have a suggestion for a good printer? I just got a digital camera and have taken many great photos, but have not printed any out yet because I'm waiting to get a good printer. My Disney trip is coming up in November, so I need to get one before we go so I can print my photos out when I get back home. Who has a good printer??

[graygables]

I have an HP officejet and an HP Photo printer and neither one produce anything I would put in a scrapbook. I did some rough calculations recently and discovered that it was cheaper to send my photos to Snapfish or one of the online printers to get them done and they are much better quality. I use my little printer for "polaroid" type things where the kids are making a craft or if I need a picture quickly. For the ones I want to preserve, I order them out.

[mamapajama]

I agree, the paper and ink is so expensive that printing dozens (or more) pics would be much more. You can send them out over the internet. You just upload to a site (we also use Snapfish) or you can take your memeory card to Cvs, Wla-Mart etc & they can make prints from that. If you do that though, make sure you put the photos on a cd before you go. I have heard horror stories of places ruining the card (not permanently but they can't develop the pics). Ther's a technical name for that but I don't remeber it right now. just make sure you make a copy either onto a cd or your hard rive. That way you could still upload them.

HTH

Elise

[Laughaholic]

I go to my local store that has a Kodak Picture Maker Kiosk. (I use a RiteAid, because they can print the pictures, not every store with one can. Usually if they have a photo department they can do it, so ask.) I put in my SD card, pick the pictures I want (which show up really dark on the machine, but aren't that dark when the print out) (I had over 100 pictures this time) and in about 2.5 hours they are done, and I go and pick them up. It came to about 26 dollars, and I had a coupon so it came to about 20, which is really good if you think about it, since it only took a couple hours and was 100 pictures.

Hope this helps!

[pmlskr]

Hi,



Epson has a great printer called the Picture Mate. It has great reviews and is reasonable priced $199, includes the ink and paper for 100 pictures. I put this on my Christmas Wish list.





Forgot to mention that the ink refills are around $30 and includes paper for 100 photos. The cost turns our t be around 29 cents/photo. I know that OFOTO is 20 cents, unless you get a special.





Pam

[AmyAngel]

My sister has a photo dock for her Kodak Easyshare camera, and that is great. You could use it without the Easyshare camera too, since it will print from the Easyshare software (which either comes with the dock--or might be free from Kodak online). That only prints up to 4 x 6, though, and could be more expensive than ordering prints at a kiosk or online. It is great quality, but I found that our $30.00 came-with-the-computer Lexmark inkjet printer prints just as well, using photo quality paper and choosing the right settings in setup. It's slower, though, and the prints have to dry.

Shutterfly is offering 15 free prints for joining--so I'm going to try that later this week! I know Ofoto.com did a great job printing a 16 x 20 enlargement for me--from a 3.1 mp camera! I was very surprised how well it turned out--and since it was my first order I got free shipping.

When my sister got her camera, we priced things out, and it was cheaper to order prints online than to use her printer dock. Prices on the dock's refills have gone down recently, though. We didn't price out using the cheap printer, but were shocked to find the ink refills cost more than the printer itself!

[TravelingTots]

Another vote for uploading your photos to be printed! I have used Snapfish for 2+ years and have been very pleased. I have also used Shutterfly and Ofoto with good results. If you pre-pay at any of those sites, you can get some great rates on 4x6 prints. They are of excellent quality, and you don't have to worry about the color running if they get wet. (I printed some on photo paper at home, and DS sneezed on them causing spots! Ewwwwwwww...) I still use my inkjet printer for some projects and scrapbooking, but when you factor in the expensive paper and ink, you'll never beat the online prices AND clarity.

[mattjs]

Have a Canon i960 that produces really sharp, color accurate prints. Photo Paper, and ink aren't cheap, but it's nice to be able to get pro lab quality prints (at various sizes) at home. Price has come down, and you can get an i960 for around $160.

[kathy320]

hey there waycoolmom......we have a printer dock that came with our kodak easyshare....it is pretty expensive to print pictures like that so we use it say if the grandparents are over and we snap shots of kids.....we will print it out and send them home with the pic. May I suggest that u upload them to say target or a walmart near u from your computer??? We did that the other day and it was like .25 a picture if u had 42 pics!!!!!!!!!!! Just a suggestion............

[disneypro57]

I use Yahoo photos. Two reasons....the first is that I can share my photos via email, and the second is that they will print and mail to me at a very inexpensive price.

[Disleigh]

We got a Cannon i900D about a month ago. It is absolutly wonderful. Professional Quality prints in a lot of different sizes. You don't have to hook it up to a computer. Just slide your memory card into the slot. There is a small screen to see what you are printing. You can zoom in, crop, and enlarge all on this small screen. You can also print sheets of wallets. There are so many features, we have only used about half of them.
We have the Kodak DX6490 camera. When we bought it we intended to get the easy share printer a few weeks later. When we started to compare printers, we realized that the easy share, while cheapr to buy, is actually more expensive in the long run. You have to buy paper and ink in a pack. I think you also have to buy a complete set of ink each time you run out of a color.
With the Cannon you can buy indiviual ink wells for the color you need. The printer comes with a full set of ink. I have printed over 100 pictures and have still not had to change any ink.
I like the freedom to print out picture as I need them. And the pictures are absolulty beautiful.
I think it cost $199.00.

Leigh

[mousestruck]

I'm another happy customer with the Canon i960. I haven't had it long, but it has produced some beautiful prints and I love the instant gratification.

When my parents were down for a visit, we snapped a bunch of shots and created an on-the-spot family photo album for their anniversary. They said it was one of the best gifts they ever received!

[GFHoneymoon1194]

I upload to shutterfly. I can share them online and they will print 80 characters on the back of the pictures. It's been a lifesaver. I prepay for $100 worth of photos a year..comes to 22c a picture. I can then have them snailmailed directly to the people who want to see them, like dh's family and a few of my friends. Awesome.

You can get 15 free prints to try it - you pay for shipping only.

[AmyAngel]

Our Eckerds is apparently printing digital photos for 20 cents each this week!

[DyanKJ130]

For photographs that I would like to enlarge to hang on a wall, I upload them to Ofoto and wait for them to come in the mail. The ones that I have received are absolutely gorgeous - better than film!

For printing at home I use my HP Printer/Scanner/Copier. I looked at the photo printers, but didn't like being limited to 4x6 photos. The printer that I have has a 2 cartridges (black & color), however, when I print photographs I replace the black cartridge with a photo ink cartridge. I couldn't believe the difference the first time I did it. So, now I always keep a photo ink cartridge on hand for photos that I would like to look better than printing with regular ink, but don't want to spend the money to 'develop' them.

As for photo paper - check out your local Circuit City. I have frequently purchased photo paper when they are running buy 1 (or 2) get 1 specials.

Have fun and enjoy that digital camera!


Dyan