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For a grand, you can get a very nearly professional photo printer that is capable of 11x17 or 22x34 - it's not the printer itself that's going to break the bank, it's the photo quality cartridges and the paper. The high end inks and papers (coated, no bleed, high hold, heavy weight, acid free) are wallet eaters.
Single color cartridges (minimum of 4, 5 better - cyan, magenta, yellow, green, black) can run up to $100 a piece and only have fair life spans depending on what you print (depends on saturations, and colors - cmygb/cmyk printing gives true resolution, but eats ink due to overlay screening). Be prepared for anywhere from $0.40 - $5.00/sheet for good quality paper depends on size, weight, bleed, hold, coat and content. Yeah, I know, too many years in publishing operations, production and finance - but you asked.
I was assuming near professional quality end product, something with 'true' photo finish results. Clue me further, and I'll come up wit ha few products.
Lexmark makes some good stuff, as do Nikon and Ricoh.
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