On 12/02/10 00:23, Daniel Bauer wrote:
On Thursday 11 February 2010 13:16:27, lynn wrote:
Hi I have around 250 photos I'd like to print in colour on photo quality paper to around A4 size. The photos were take with a Nikon D40 at 3000x2000 resolution. After this the printer will be used simply to print openoffice text documents on standard A4 folios.
What printer would you recommend to do this? Can I do it wiithin a budget of 200 euros if I already have the paper?
On another thread I learned that my HP F2280 was not up to the task.
OS 11.2 under KDE 4.3.5.
Thanks. Lynn x
Lynn, I guess for approx. € 200 you should get quite a nice printer, but which printer is a matter of taste. I personally have very, very good experience with the Epson Stylus Photo printers. The one I use today is more than 5 years old. Never had any problems to use it with Linux. Besides of the printing results I also prefer Epson over HP because of the sound, HPs are very loud with a lot of "klack klack"... (but again: personal opinion only).
Ink is not cheap, though. Quality photo printing needs a lot of ink.
Daniel, you should then consider getting a "conversion" kit for this printer whereby you can have external ink containers hooked up to the printer - which you can refill whenever required - and therefore save lots of $$$/euros/whatever. The kits are available from USA. Search the web for the source. My late friend 'converted' his Epson this way (some 5 years ago, the age of your printer), and he bought the inks at dirt cheap prices at our local Computer Fair. BC -- "Will the highways of the internet become more few?" George W Bush -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org