How is the quality of the photos? Does this use alot of ink? Are there better options for photo printing at home?
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The quality is great! It's a wonderful portable printer that is super easy to ease and priced well. The ink cartridges last for approx 100 prints.
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The quality of the photos is very nice. Unfortunately, we haven't used it often as I thought we would. My husband likes printing images from our regular printer. I far as better options, I believe this is great for small pictures and would recommend it. If you like larger photos, use a regular printer.
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I like my printer a lot, and it's so easy to use. i'm not sure if it uses a lot of ink compared to others. I always order the ink/paper packs from Amazon.
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As far as the print quality on plain paper, I don't see any difference. I don't know about photos, and I don't know about how long they will last relative to the originals. I use mine in a printer located in a second home, from which I print things only occasionally, so I can't really compare the Canon ink cartridges on the latter two points.
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I was not as happy with the photo quality as I was with my previous Lanier. The Lanier gave acceptable photo quality for not being a photo printer, where the Zerox photos in my opinion was less than acceptable. I will add I am a power user of both Mac and PC using both mostly for photography and have dedicated photo printers so I may be comparing it unfairly. As a document printer with color graphics it's great but that's what I purchased this printer for.
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Mine used a lot of ink & it takes a while to print a page. Maybe I got a bad printer because mine has been a disappointment & already broke. I hardly printed, I printed maybe like maybe 5 pieces of paper a week & my black ink was all out in a few months, I didn't even go through a third of printer paper. it was specifically for home use like bill receipts & a few return labels. I would never recommend this for say a student as it takes forever to print as it was not even reliable for minimal home use. I had a more reliable & faster printer before & I really think there are better ones than this one unfortunately. Mine used a lot of ink & it takes a while to print a page. Maybe I got a bad printer because mine has been a disappointment & already broke. I hardly printed, I printed maybe like maybe 5 pieces of paper a week & my black ink was all out in a few months, I didn't even go through a third of printer paper. it was specifically for home use like bill receipts & a few return labels. I would never recommend this for say a student as it takes forever to print as it was not even reliable for minimal home use. I had a more reliable & faster printer before & I really think there are better ones than... » Read More Mine used a lot of ink & it takes a while to print a page. Maybe I got a bad printer because mine has been a disappointment & already broke. I hardly printed, I printed maybe like maybe 5 pieces of paper a week & my black ink was all out in a few months, I didn't even go through a third of printer paper. it was specifically for home use like bill receipts & a few return labels. I would never recommend this for say a student as it takes forever to print as it was not even reliable for minimal home use. I had a more reliable & faster printer before & I really think there are better ones than this one unfortunately. « Show Less
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Using the HP OEM inks and photo paper, photo's are excellent. So far we have had ours a little over a year, printed many, many photos (mostly 4x6) and had no problems what-so-ever. We also use it as our everyday printer.
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I have not used it for photos yet but overall, this printer is amazing. I love it. I do plan to use it for photos and I am not concerned about it. It has great print quality.
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I've been in photography my whole life and used the finest Epson photo printers and Canons too, and this little Brother does just fine as long as you use quality photo paper and select the paper type (and other settings) in the "preferences" before you print. Do some tests using various settings to find your favorites. Note that "matte" paper is MUCH less costly than other types and that "semi-gloss" is MUCH preferable to "gloss" (it's what the pros use).
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yes, it prints very nice photos. Using photo paper and photo settings improves their quality.
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Hi Debra, If you are using it for personal need the Selphy is good and ink is inexpensive. We run a photo booth with our Epson Picture Mate, so print time and photo quality was of the upmost importance. We do have a selphy that we use at home for over two years. Photo quality is not completely comparable to the Epson but I would recommend it. Hope this helps. A
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If you are printing photos - you can buy photo quality paper. I just use multipurpose white paper - its completely up to you!
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Like others said. not a photo printer. Fine for brochures. An inkjet will do a much better job for photos.One thing to keep in mind, printer settings default to 300dpi, this can be changed to a much higher resolutionwhen you print photos. (Still not as good as an inkjet)
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I am afraid you will never get close to photo quality using an inkjet on plain paper. The Epson is a spectacular performing inkjet + all in one machine, but no inkjet I am aware of is going to give you super color and especially blacks on plain paper. In fact you are just going to saturate the paper making a big mess. I would try to find some inexpensive photo paper. Don't forget you are going to pay quite a lot for ink............don't skimp too much on the paper or you'll be unhappy.
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This printer is better for photos, specifically black and white, mine had major problems after only a few months, just when it came out of warranty
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It has been working fine for me. I have printed photos also. No issues. The color quality on paper is not as brilliant, but it is a small price to pay with the savings you get
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I use it to print documents. This is not a good printer for photos. The ink saturates too much and the resolution is pretty bad.
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Quite well for a laser printer. They are not quite true photo quality but for a business flyer or similar they are superior to any other laser printer I've used. The toner OKI uses gives a nice shine and finish to the picture and I would say that if you need better then you would be better off going to inkjet photo paper and an actual photo printer. Hope this helps.
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I printed over 100 color 8X10 brochures yesterday without changing ink cartridges ...... are you printing ONLY color photos? I would go into your printing preferences menu and see how your printer is set. You can access that menu by hitting the print button and then preferences. Mine is set to text and the photos are amazing. You can always use a different setting when you need higher quality photos.