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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
OK second question; would it make more sense to have the digital photos done by photo shops? Or should I continue to shop for my own printer?(We're talking maybe a few hundred photos a year.)
Thanks for the replies!
TS
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I have an HP psc 1210 which is 4,800x1,200 dpi, that I got a couple years ago for $100. I don't belieive that is the curent model, but that series is the best bang for the buck IMO. At around $100 you get a printer/copier/scanner, that is a photo printer. The ink is fairly inexspensive. It turns out some decent photos. It scans at 600 x 2,400 dpi which isn't the greatest, but I usually only use the scanner for documents. It will print out some decent photos. Within reason, you can't buy a personal printer that will print photos as good as Walgreens, or Walmart, etc. Think about what kind of equipment they have.
Take your memory card into a Circuit City, etc, and get them to print something off for you. Maybe even something you had printed at a Walgreens. Compare them. For the cost and convenience, you can't go wrong. If you want stellar quality, then you already know you can go elsewhere. As for supplies, my wife wears the hell out of ours printing photos, and my kids print off all kinds of garbage from their kid sites. I don't think the usage is that bad.