Epson 820, 825 & 925 or other Photo Inkjet Printers
Hi all,
I am in the process of deciding on which Photo Inkjet I should purchase. I am looking to produce halfway decent photo prints at a resonable cost. I have read many reviews and seem very impressed with the Epson printers in comparison to the Cannon's & HP's (features, print qaulity & price). Does anybody have any feedback on this?
However, I have also read that the lack of Mac drivers has hampered the usability experience of using Epson Printers. I am running Mac OS 10.2 using Photoshop 7.0. Has anybody had any good or bad experiences with this configuration?
Your feedback is greatly appreciated......
Nick
I am in the process of deciding on which Photo Inkjet I should purchase. I am looking to produce halfway decent photo prints at a resonable cost. I have read many reviews and seem very impressed with the Epson printers in comparison to the Cannon's & HP's (features, print qaulity & price). Does anybody have any feedback on this?
However, I have also read that the lack of Mac drivers has hampered the usability experience of using Epson Printers. I am running Mac OS 10.2 using Photoshop 7.0. Has anybody had any good or bad experiences with this configuration?
Your feedback is greatly appreciated......
Nick
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I'm buying one for myself this weekend, as a matter of fact.
6 inks quality for $99? Sign me up!
It's a bit noisy, but I can deal with it. I'm sold. My friend does more photo printing and stuff in Painter and she said it looks great. I do more text and Adobe Illustrator output and I dig on it as well, so...
Hope this helps?
I did bring the 820 home with me last week for a day or two (I use OS 9.2.2 at work and use 10.2.2 at home) and the 820 worked fine in each. I think there are some paper sizes OS X doesn't support (half-page or something?), but that was all I could see. Even that might have a workaround or something.
But all the features and "bells and whistles" I'm used to at work while running on OS 9 seemed to be present. Enough to make me go "okay, I'm dropping $99 on one of these things!".
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[testimonial]
At one time I hadn't printed for several weeks, and I dreaded having to print something. I printed a test page and there weren't any clogs! A great printer.
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They sell them at Wal-Mart now for around $150.
EDIT: Oh, I am running Jaguar and use Photoshop Elements with no problems.
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This is an old thread so I dont know if you'll get back here but I have a question.
What about driver support for Canon printers in OSX? In general I read about driver problems for peripherals under OSX. Historically, Epson seems to be more reliable supporter of Apple computers and even they are lacking.
But I liked your comment on ink prices between the brands. So again, how's Canon compatibility?
Both clogged within a week.
I am on my second cartrige of ink on one and it is clogging. They were not bought at the same place and were bought a month apart so I don't suspect it was just a bad batch,
Both are going back
Not impressed....
Oddly enough there does not seem to be as many problem printing form my wifes OS9 ????
Still, I had considered the 825 for photos only and another printer for everything else. But Im rethinking. Epson does have excellent quality for the $. But if their ink is higher than Canon, the printer price can quickly be negated. And if the 825 is similar to your 820, thats the last nail in the coffin for an Epson.