It's been a while..... - SV650.org

21-12-07, 12:03 AM

.......since we had a recommend me thread, so here it goes.

I need a decent photo printer for a Christmas present, I don't mind if it's an A4 or one of the compact ones. I can spend up to about £150 on it and I'm not really bothered whether it's any good as a normal printer as the person I'm buying for already has a printer.

So, what would you peeps buy?

21-12-07, 08:09 AM

Top of me head I would say something by Epson or Canon and possibly HP sorry cant be more specific, I will have a look at some photo mags for you.

Viney · 21-12-07, 08:28 AM

The gadget show recommended this one
HP Photosmart A516 - £29.95

From amazon. Will print up to 10x15 prints.

So you have £120 to spend on beer or the Mrs

21-12-07, 08:36 AM

According to 'What digital camera' mag the Epson picture mate comes in at approx £100 and is a compact printer or if you fancy an A4 size they recommend the Canon ip 5300 at about £95 both of these got 91% in recent tests, also I have heard the Epson stylus photo R340 is pretty decent and thats about £120 i think, check this out though www.pricerunner.co.uk or www.dpreview.com

21-12-07, 01:26 PM

Cheers guy's, I gotta few ideas now so I'm gonna head down to pc world for a gander.

SoulKiss · 21-12-07, 01:44 PM

My advice - dont.

You will get cheaper/better by heading down to your local photo shop with a disk/memory card.

There was a study that showed that photo printers were about twice the cost of going to a real photo place.

21-12-07, 02:03 PM

I know that but it's just for printing pictures quickly.

My mates just had a boy and he doesn't get a lot of time to trundle off to the photo printers so he can do some on this, then every now and then he can take a disc with the rest down to the photo printers.

21-12-07, 12:03 AM	#1
phil24_7 Guest Posts: n/a	It's been a while..... .......since we had a recommend me thread, so here it goes. I need a decent photo printer for a Christmas present, I don't mind if it's an A4 or one of the compact ones. I can spend up to about £150 on it and I'm not really bothered whether it's any good as a normal printer as the person I'm buying for already has a printer. So, what would you peeps buy?

21-12-07, 08:09 AM	#2
stewie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: It's been a while..... Top of me head I would say something by Epson or Canon and possibly HP sorry cant be more specific, I will have a look at some photo mags for you.

21-12-07, 08:28 AM	#3
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	Re: It's been a while..... The gadget show recommended this one HP Photosmart A516 - £29.95 From amazon. Will print up to 10x15 prints. So you have £120 to spend on beer or the Mrs

21-12-07, 08:36 AM	#4
stewie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: It's been a while..... According to 'What digital camera' mag the Epson picture mate comes in at approx £100 and is a compact printer or if you fancy an A4 size they recommend the Canon ip 5300 at about £95 both of these got 91% in recent tests, also I have heard the Epson stylus photo R340 is pretty decent and thats about £120 i think, check this out though www.pricerunner.co.uk or www.dpreview.com

21-12-07, 01:26 PM	#5
phil24_7 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: It's been a while..... Cheers guy's, I gotta few ideas now so I'm gonna head down to pc world for a gander.

21-12-07, 01:44 PM	#6
SoulKiss Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunny Croydonia Posts: 6,124	Re: It's been a while..... My advice - dont. You will get cheaper/better by heading down to your local photo shop with a disk/memory card. There was a study that showed that photo printers were about twice the cost of going to a real photo place. __________________ Sent from my PC NOT using any Tapatalk type rubbish!! █╬╬╬╬(•)i¯i▀▀▀▀▀█Ξ███████████████████████████████)

21-12-07, 02:03 PM	#7
phil24_7 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: It's been a while..... I know that but it's just for printing pictures quickly. My mates just had a boy and he doesn't get a lot of time to trundle off to the photo printers so he can do some on this, then every now and then he can take a disc with the rest down to the photo printers.