In the market for a printer

Can someone recommend me a photo printer. I was doing some research only to find thousands of different kinds of printers. The main points I'm looking for are:

• Good quality prints
  
• Durable
  
• Uses different cartridges for colour
  
• Under $300
  
• Doesn't guzzle ink (might not be possible)
  
• Easy and cheap to buy cartridges for

I am real pleased with my Epson R380 but they have been dis-continued with newer models.
It prints on CD/DVD's has 6 cartridges and accepts USB and memory cards.
PictBridge and Bluetooth also.

The way I took care of the cartridges running out is I bought a Continuous Ink Supply System so I never have to buy any cartridges again.

I have the Canon Pro 9000 and would recommend it.
You should be able to get it for around $300 with a rebate.

You don't say what size images you intend to print, but if A4, then have a look at the Epson R800. If bigger, then the R1900, R2400 or R2880 are all good quality but more expensive.

Printing at home is not a cheap option. Ink is always expensive and they all guzzle ink. To get archival quality you should look to pigment inks and brightener free rag papers, which are also not cheap. The benefits are that you have total control of the image from conception to print.

I find that a simple Canon ip4xxx works just wonderfully for printing when I do not want to wait, but otherwise it is just as cheap and better quality to send printing to Costco. The 1-picoliter sized ink drops makes it rather miserly on ink consumption, it never seems to clog up...but when I need a larger quanitity, an outside service like Costco is pretty darn inexpensive in comparison.

I Highly recommend any Canon photo inkjet printers for home use. I just got the brand spanking new version Canon MP980, it prints beautiful pictures, great quality, and has a dedicated grey scale cartridge, as well as five other color cartridges.

It also has a scanner, copier/fax, and has Wifi / LAN capabilities.

It's on Amazon here for $280 http://www.amazon.com …m=A2YLYLTN75J8L​R&v=glance

I have both the Epson R320 (which has probably been discontinued for a newer model) and the 1280. I like both very much, and originally got them when I was in college and required to print all images submitted for class. They have both been very good to me.

I have several friends with the Epson 1800 and they like them a lot too.