I need help to find best colour printer

Mrs Wilson took delivery of a shiny stonking Digital SLR camera. It's a real beauty. Xmas pressie from me aided by a now sickly looking credit card.

Just to put the final nail in my mastercard / visa coffin I am searching for a blinding colour printer to top it all off.

It need not be a multifunction all in on box but I'm open to all suggestions for the right bit of kit. I cant afford a colour laser

Can anyone suggest a good site for reviews? Tomshardware was really vague. Theres a long review but doesn't really offer much conclusion.

Cheers in advance from me and Mrs Scutter :kiss:

Matt :wave: .

download.com has a good product reviews section also they have a nice editor's picks section if you don't want to wade thru reviews of every printer on the planet.

personally I would steer clear of top feed printers, as it seems like they all have paper feed problems as has been the case with a few HP models and alotta Lexmark models.

One thing to remember is what happens when something goes wrong. I can't fault HP on this thier 3 year replacement warranty is excellent and afterwards it's usually possible to buy spare parts for HPs. I can't say the same about Epson - which is why I and the council I work for will never buy another one :)

check out this site http://pcmag.pricegrabber.com/search...3187af2a07613d

just a thought :cool:

Steve's Digicams specializes in camera and printer reviews. if you want the best prints and dont care about being limited to 4x6 then a dye-sub printer would be my choice.

I'm using the HP Photosmart and know of others that are as well. Been real happy with it! :thumbs:

Thanks for the tips. I will be checking all of these out.

Will let you know how I get on.

Matt

For warranty, I've been impressed with Lexmark's service ever since I got my first one.

As for quality, have you looked at Xerox's printing solutions? It's not laser per se (more like a wax) and the quality:price ratio is amazing.

geeksRus.. That was a usefull link thanks.

I'm leaning to the canon i960 at the moment. There is a strong argument for that printer there.

Any more tips from peeps will still be greatfully received.

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Originally Posted by scutterboy

Mrs Wilson took delivery of a shiny stonking Digital SLR camera. It's a real beauty. Xmas pressie from me aided by a now sickly looking credit card.

Just to put the final nail in my mastercard / visa coffin I am searching for a blinding colour printer to top it all off.

It need not be a multifunction all in on box but I'm open to all suggestions for the right bit of kit. I cant afford a colour laser

Can anyone suggest a good site for reviews? Tomshardware was really vague. Theres a long review but doesn't really offer much conclusion.

Cheers in advance from me and Mrs Scutter :kiss:

Matt :wave: .

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Greetings!

I purchased a HP Photosmart 7960, it uses three, 3 color cartridges (one is the grey scales) and produces a high quality photo... it is important to use the best quality HP paper to receive lab quality pictures.

I use different printers for different uses...that way if one goes down, I can still use the others. I have a factory refurbished black/white laser printer for most printing (cost effective). The HP takes care of the color only printing.

Hope this helps.

Red