The Epson Jerry identified prints photos just fine. No, it is not as good as a printer that is designed for photo printing but if all you are printing are 4x6 prints, then why go to the expense? Also, if you use Canon or HP printers that do a better job with photo prints you are paying a premium price for the convenience of printing from home. A 4x6 print will typically cost you over 50 cents per print -- why do that when you can have prints made at WalMart for 17 cents. Some mail order prints are even less. The only way to come out ahead price wise on photo printing from home is to invest in an actual photo printer. These typically will accept roll paper to print on, but then again, you would have to make a huge investment in equipment. These printers start around 1800.00 and go up to several thousand dollars. The ink cartridges (usually between 8 to 11 colors) cost 70.00 to 100.00 each. Once you have spent those thousands of dollars to get set up, you can print for about 35 cents per square foot. That means you could print 8x12s for about 30 cents or if you could configure a group of 4x6 shots to work on a particular size/width of paper, they would run less than a dime each. While it would be nice to own a good photo printer, unless you are doing serious work like entering photos into top galleries or you are doing commercial work, you will never recoup your investment.