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AjP
9th of July 2005 (Sat), 17:20
just debating right now which one to buy for home printing or small printing, for large I have proffessional shop to print it for me. Please advice, which one is better to buy, in quality, cost or paper catridges...etc.. Epson R300 or Canon ip5000????
Hellashot
9th of July 2005 (Sat), 18:53
I'm curious, why when printers are discussed here that HP is never mentioned - only Epson and Canon? Isn't HP the biggest seller of printers in the USA?
wolverinesr1
9th of July 2005 (Sat), 19:42
Hellashot, i used to wonder the same thing.especially since i owned the hp deskjet 712.
i thought it did good on printing photos even for a 4 yr old printer.that was until i picked up the canon pixma 3000.i was floored by the difference.it was such a huge difference in quality i now feel like reprinting every photo that i previously did on the hp.as for the epson i cant say. i never had any experience with one
Florida Cracker
9th of July 2005 (Sat), 19:54
I have the R300 and can say for me it has worked really well. It took some working with to get the color adjustments right, it seemed to be oversaturating flesh tones a bit too much for me. The ink seems to last longer than the canons and lexmarks I have had. The quality of prints are excellent for this printer, but I have only used epson paper with it. I did try Kodak once and was not impressed at all.....For the money it has been worth it ....

300 D Rebel, Sigma F2.8 70-200 mm, 18-55...
formula4speed
9th of July 2005 (Sat), 21:20
I use a Canon IP6000 and am very happy with the image quality and I image the 5000 would be similar assuming the have the same number of inks. But then Epson makes some fantastic printers as well, so I'm not sure there is a wrong choice here.
AjP
9th of July 2005 (Sat), 23:03
thx guys, I end up buying Canon ip5000, and so far really happy.
lostdoggy
9th of July 2005 (Sat), 23:36
Try the water test. I have the HP 722C for general printing only because the thermal dye base ink just don't hold up. A little water and the print will run. I never own a Canon printer but it should be about the same.
AjP
10th of July 2005 (Sun), 11:05
well, just printed two pictures with water and look great, absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!