robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Canon Pixma MX922 gets a PC Magazine Editor's choice handles up to legal size paper so 8x10 and 8.5x11 photo paper. Only con they gave it was "slow"

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

I've had Hp, Epson, and Canon printers but I love the Canon printers the most for pictures. I didn't want to spend a lot on a printer either as the ink is way more than the cost of a printer. I have an all-in-one Pixma MG7120 and it does a beautiful job. I only print a few pictures at home and send the "snapshots" to Sam's club. They do an OK job; but I always like the photos I print at home better. Also, I always wait to get ink when Canon has specials going and I always get paper with the ink. I haven't had to buy paper since I bought the printer 2 years ago. On my previous Canon printer I used off brand inks for $2 each, but the printer quit working, so I wouldn't recommend that.

RICHARD46 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks for the help.I've been leaning towards that printer you just made up my mind. On my way to Staples tomorrow

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

'Slow" is a relative term. I've also read they are "noisy". I love mine. I ordered my PIXMA directly from Canon and got a $100 rebate plus ink and Canon Glossy II paper. The only thing I don't like is the ink tanks are no longer clear, so you can't see if the ink is actually low. I find you can print way beyond the "Ink is low" warning, and even beyond when it tells you the ink has run out. Just press OK on the screen. Also, I can send documents or photos to my printer from my laptop, tablet, or phone. It's really easy to use.

Toddicus Loc: California

This, so much this. Just get prints from your local camera shop or Costco or wherever does prints in your area. I used to buy printers and ink but the quality is just better from the shops with the 10-20,000 dollar printers

Photographer Jim Loc: Rio Vista, CA

While I think this advice (and the comments by HeyYou) may be fine for some photographers, it doesn't work for a large number of serious hobbyists who feel that the work isn't complete until they have created the highest quality print possible. Doing so may involve making numerous test prints to massage color balance, density, contrast, or matching the image to the best paper choice. Often, doing so is far more efficient and cheaper if one has total control over the entire print making process, and best accomplished at home with a good quality printer. It takes a great deal more time to prepare, upload, wait for printing and then go to pick up each successive version than it does to make adjustments at home and run the print of the next adjusted print. If you want to have the print on a particular type of art paper, one is limited to those labs that offer that choice (also with limited paper choices) at prices usually much higher than buying and printing with those papers at home. Add in additional costs such as gas to go pick up the print, or shipping fees, and lab printing can become far more expensive than doing things at home.

I have used both Costco and other labs, and will do so in the future. They can't be beat for inexpensive, high volume (150 4x6 vacation photos) jobs. But for larger, high quality prints they usually can't produce the quality print I am aiming for at a cost or in a time frame that beats what I can do at home.

tradergeorge Loc: Newport, Kentucky

I want to add a footnote as someone who printed things for a living (literally hundreds of thousands)...Whichever printer you choose, unlike some other devices, they work better when used often, rather than being used occasionally or once in a while and then being forgotten. There are many sensitive parts that get lubricated by components in the inks. As long as you keep the ink flowing, they continue to work well, often for many years. It is when you let them sit, sometimes even for a week at a time, that the ink turns into gum and even worse, dries up. At this point, NOTHING you can do will restore the printer to its former great operation. I know there are a myriad of schemes to try to clean and restore printers, but take it from me; I have tried them all, and they do not work. At least they do not clean the printer well enough to ever work right again. This is another reason to NEVER, ever buy a used printer.

Just remember, even if you are not printing photos, at least run a test print about once a week. Your printer will thank you.

lukan Loc: Chicago, IL

^^^ Thanks for this tip! :thumbup: :D

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I will follow your advice and print one color and one BW each week even if I am not doing anything else. Besides,the camera club I belong to is not set up to view digital or projected images, need prints. I'll just spread the printing out over the month for the meetings instead of all the night before.

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

Thanks for the tip. I had wondered which printer to purchase and I ordered this one from B&H today. BTW I think the purchase needs to be made by August 30 to get the rebate. Again, thanks.

WayneL Loc: Baltimore Md

Buy a Canon printer in your price range that has separate cartridges for each color I buy my ink online and refill them myself. A 4 oz bottle around $7 will refill 5 or 6 times.

RICHARD46 Loc: New Jersey

Settled on a Epson separate cartridges for each color. Tried refilling my own never again
Thanks
Rich

WayneL Loc: Baltimore Md

Never had a problem refilling Canon cartridges. Epson not such good luck, their cartridges are different.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

Epson is THE photo printer line and always has been. Canon second. Close but no cigar.

richosob Loc: Lambertville, MI

I did buy a Canon printer. Could you tell me how you refill the cartridges? If I could do that myself it would save a lot of money.

Thanks