Photo printer

Posted by: Sloop John B on 18 November 2010

Mrs Sloop would like a dedicated photo printer.

She wants relatively simple, straight from camera to printer for 5 x 7 prints.

Ideally giving very good quality prints.

All help apprecited

Thanks

Posted on: 18 November 2010 by Derek Wright

it is cheaper to get them printed at an online place eg

www.Photobox.co.uk

no ink cartridges to dry out, no paper to only partially use, and the ability to choose the size of prints you want for a project or album.

Posted on: 18 November 2010 by Sloop John B

quote:
Originally posted by Derek Wright:
it is cheaper to get them printed at an online place eg

www.Photobox.co.uk

no ink cartridges to dry out, no paper to only partially use, and the ability to choose the size of prints you want for a project or album.

but she wants a printer...............

SJB

Posted on: 18 November 2010 by JamieWednesday

Hi Sloop, don't know if this helps but my wife was the same a couple of years back and I got her a little HP which she loved to use but IMO was sh*t in terms of quality at least partly because of lack of control. However, using the proper canon printer via PC scared her for some reason...

I recently got one of the brand new Canon all in one jobbies, printer, scanner, copier which also allows you to connect camera or card direct (or you can use wifi) and control it from little pop up screen and soft touch buttons on top. So it's replaced the old printer, the scanner and her HP box and I think it's great. Needless to say, quality is excellent.

Posted on: 20 November 2010 by Sloop John B

Thanks Jamie,

We already have a laser 3 in one at home so I don't want to go that route thanks.

Just like your wife mine doesn't want to go near the PC to print.

SJB

Posted on: 20 November 2010 by A_Bull

Hi,

Try the Canon Selphy range. I have the ES1 (old model). It produces excellent results , although at 22p per pic it is not cheap.
It uses a dye sublimation process which produces instantly dry photos and is generally a lot cleaner than the normal inkjet technology.
There seems to be plenty of new models around currently , which is always a good sign.

Hope this helps

Posted on: 20 November 2010 by BigH47

If you have a half decent A-I-One, is too much to expect the SWMBO to insert the memory card from the camera into the printer?

Posted on: 20 November 2010 by Sloop John B

Thanks Dave that looks just the sort of printer I think is needed.

Howard, the current printer does not have that option, its more of an office behemoth.

SJB

Posted on: 01 January 2011 by Sloop John B

Well I ended up getting

a Cannon Selphy

and Mrs Sloop was delighted.

I have to admit the quality of the printed pictures is top class, easily as good if not better than some of the commercial options available.

SJB