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ok I want a very good quality cheap to run photo printer, I have seen the epson r300 which looks good for £100 or expensive for £150 including the 2.5" monitor. any others that people have used that are worth considering, budget is upto about £200

thanks in advance

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Just make sure you get one with a seperate cartridges. If you don`t.. Once one colour has run out... You won`t be able to print....

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I use the Epson R200 same printer as the R300 but without the memory card facility. This is an excellent photo printer. I get a complete set of 6 compatible cartridges for just under £9 from SVP

Had a number of Epson Printers over the years & have always used compatible inks, apart from those that come with the printer. they give excellent results

thanks for the tip but I learnt that a while ago with the old epson 2 cartridge job, I currently have a canon s600 with 4 cartridges and I see the epson r300 has 6 cartridges which retail at £15 each so 6X£15= £90 and the printer is only £85 so I guess the printer is disposable?

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Epson R300 kinda wins it at the mo I think. £100, inbuilt LCD and memory card slots. Direct to disc printing and edge to edge photo printing.

R200 is identical except it has no LCD and no memory card slots.

I have the Photo950, forerunner to the pro version of the Epson (think the R800 is the other one, and similar to mine...could be wrong though), and I can print on roll paper etc.
TBH though, I`d happily change it tomorrow for an R300 `cause the 300 is easier to work with (inbuilt CD tray) and quicker/quieter!

There`s also a Canon iP summat...think Paull has one, and they get good reviews too, and again around £100-ish.

BTW, brace yerself...there`ll be about 100 replies tonight in here from everyone who has an R300/R200 :D
(Probably it`ll start with Oggie too...)

(J/K, shouldn`t be as many as 100 :) )
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thanks for that jimbo, I have noted that the £100 version doesnt have the lcd included but the £140 version does and im not sure its worth the extra 40 quid

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I have noted that the £100 version doesnt have the lcd included but the £140 version does
Dunno if we`re talking the same thing here;
you mean an LCD panel that show the picture, or an LCD that show "what you`re doing" (like an on screen display for a video)

I mean the OSD type one, as you can print index pages/thumbnails on the 300 and look at whats on your card, then scroll to the pic you want to print/enlarge etc.

Think this might be a question better answered by one of our R300 owners though :)

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"Making Teenagers depressed is like shooting fish inna barrel"

I got the R300 for Christmas. I`m still playing with it but I`ve been well impressed with the results so far (as has the rest of the family).

The basic model has the black & white LCD screen, which is just a text display. The more expensive version (which I don`t have) has the colour preview monitor.

You can get compatible preview monitors on ebay (and elsewhere) for about £45 if you get the basic printer but then decide you want the colour monitor. If you`re using the printer via your PC you probably won`t really need it though, and if you`re using it as a stand-alone it might be useful, but it`s not essential.

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£84.99 from comet online for the r300 i have both printers r200 and r300 only gripe i have is the shuddy cd/dvd tray bit naff apart from that one hell of a printer

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I see the epson r300 has 6 cartridges which retail at £15 each so 6X£15= £90 and the printer is only £85 so I guess the printer is disposable?

£11.99 each where I work or there are 2 x 3 packs you can buy for about £60, so £10 a cartridge. I have seen originals on the net for under £9 each.

I am only on my second set of compatibles at about £15 a set and the quality is quite good but an A4 print I did the other week did run in places. Also not sure if these inks will last as long as Epsons? ( 80 year fade resistance)

I see Asda is selling the R300 with a Samsung 4 mega pixel camera for just under £200.

This item was edited on Monday, 10th January 2005, 20:26