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What is the best wireless printer for about $150?

Best Photo Printer for under $150?

  • I currently have an HP wireless printer, but it does not print my photos well. The color on the computer is not what my printer prints out. What printer would you recommend for ...show more

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    I have always used Epson Stylus Photo printers when making prints from digital image files. There are some very inexpensive, yet good performing photo printers that cost within your budget. Epson Expression Premium XP-610 is on sale on the Epson website for $99. What is important is that you use ONLY the paper and inks made by Epson and that you let Photoshop manage the prints colour. Those of us who need to print images larger than 8-1/2 x 11 inches use one of the wide carriage printers like the Epson Artisan 1430, Wide Format Printer Epson Stylus R2880 up to 13 inches wide or the 17 inch wide, Stylus Pro 3880. This top of the line printer starts at about $1,300. In order to assure that your prints match what you see on the computer screen, you need two additional items. A monitor that supports at least sRGB or better AdobeRGB gamuts with a monitor calibration and profiling tool (I use Xrite's i1Display Pro) and shoot a RAW image before each shooting session using the Xrite Colorchecker Passport to that I can calibrate my camera and custom white balance. It is only with these meticulous steps, that you can assure the colours match between the printer and screen As you can see, buying a $100 colour printer is just the tip of the iceberg

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Well first realize that screen colors don't always equate to what is possible to print. Many applications will have an option to show you on the screen what the colors will look like in print. Read up on the difference between CMYK and RGB. Generally Epson is known to be good for photo printing. They tend to be more expensive for ink, and can be finicky, though. Both HP and Cannon make good and bad printers. Models change all the time, and there really isn't a consistently better option. Look for high DPI, and ones with 6 types of ink cartridges if you want better tonal representation. Getting to know the software (driver and whatever photo editor you have), and how to make it do what you want is probably going to be half the battle, though, no matter what you get.

Kherova

Canon imageCLASS is of $59.99,HP LaserJet Pro P1102W is of $129.99

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Use MPIX-don't even bother trying anymore. It is very expensive to print your own images, and as fhotoace points out, you need to know how to use the printer in addition to having it. You need to know how to use color profiles. Adobe RGB is a good profile for working, however you need to convert your profile to your paper/printer combination. A good calibration tool is necessary as well. You can spend a lot of time getting the darn thing calibrated. A $150 printer is not gonna cut it. I don't even use my photo printers anymore. For less important stuff I use MPIX (or even CVS) and for the real prints I take the finished file, in Adobe RGB, to the lab and they print it. In the end it is cheaper and less frustrating.

jeannie

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