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Title: Colour printers
Post by: account_inactive on October 28, 2007, 12:16:30 pm

Does anyone have any opinions on these, and if so what models should I be looking at.

I've had bad experiences with them in the past- cost, quality etc and think that repro would be a better way to go.

Any advise appreciated

Title: Re: Colour printers
Post by: Jim on October 28, 2007, 01:06:19 pm

what do you want it for?
If its for printing photo's only get one if your using it all the time, otherwise the jets get blocked

Title: Re: Colour printers
Post by: Johnny Brown on October 28, 2007, 01:26:13 pm

Get photos printed by a lab. Doing it yourself is a pain in the arse.

Title: Re: Colour printers
Post by: cofe on October 28, 2007, 01:33:03 pm

home printers aren't great. like jim says the jets get blocked and the cartridges aren't cheap for ones that will give you decent results. the cheaper cartridges are cheap for a reason.

if only getting 'snaps' done then i'd recommend photobox (http://www.photobox.co.uk/). decent 6x4s and 7x5s and very quick turnaround.

if after bigger or better quality then a pro lab, like peak imaging.

Title: Re: Colour printers
Post by: account_inactive on October 28, 2007, 05:44:09 pm

No it's not for photos.  More like letter heads etc

Title: Re: Colour printers
Post by: Yossarian on October 28, 2007, 06:02:18 pm

i use a big ass hp 2600 colour laser jet thing. i think it's a 2600 anyway. it does great flat colour, but printers (as in place down the road) are so cheap these days i would never get letterheads and such done in house. i don't quite get how this digital short run stuff works, but you can get colour printing done these days for a fraction of what it used to cost.

i got a cmyk invite done on a3 250gsm board for about £25 for 50 copies the other day...