johnbee418 Loc: Manchester Conn.

We take pictures. We print them or have them printed for us. I had a nice Canon Pixma printer but it grew tired and died. I would like a new printer for around $100 USD, if possible without any scanner or fax additions. The HP lineup looks good to me. Any of you guys have suggestions? I do B&W almost exclusively if that helps. Thank you, folks.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

You can buy a Canon Pro 100 13” Photo printer for just over $100 after $250 rebate with 50 sheets of 13x19 glossy paper from B&H and multiple other sources. Best deal in photo printers I know of.

johnbee418 Loc: Manchester Conn.

WOW...sounds good. I will look immediately. Thank you.

Anna M-W Loc: New York City

I think that you need to pay a lot more to be worth the effort that you need to print to a high stander I uses a Epson P600 and we general get along with one another. My partner has stopped asking me to kill the printer rather than my self. best AMW

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Certainly the Epson P600 is an excellent printer, but I would not dismiss the Canon so readily just because of the high rebate - it’s a first rate 13” 8 ink dye-based printer (with a list price of $418 including the paper from B&H) that happens to be discounted heavily. Now if you’re willing to spend $700, then you can certainly buy a better printer, and I’d be comparing the P600 to the Canon Pro 10, but if you’re not, then the Pro 100 will deliver excellent quality for a small fraction of the price - a real bargain. Btw, it isn’t a small printer, so check the dimensions and make sure you have the room.

DAN Phillips Loc: Graysville, GA

I have the HP Office Jet Pro 8710. I also use their ink purchase program. I'm very happy with all aspects of the system. It was relatively inexpensive and is a work horse. If you choose HP, I think you will be amazed at the quality and the ink program cost me about $9.00/month for all I use. Try it, you probably will like it!

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

The Canon Pixma Pro 100 is a great printer, I have one and absolutely love it. You cannot go wrong with this printer.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Some sites -

https://www.photoworkout.com/best-home-use-photo-printers/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1872566,00.asp
https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/best-photo-printers/
http://www.computershopper.com/printers/photo

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1872566,00.asp
https://www.lifewire.com/best-photo-printers-to-buy-4066817
http://www.pcmag.com/reviews/photo-printers

joanloy Loc: St. Louis, MO

I have this printer, it's not a photo printer. It's an all-in-one printer -- print, copy, scan, and fax.

HardwareGuy

My vote goes to the Canon Pixma Pro 100 also. I know Epson puts out fine prints, but over the past 15 years of owning 3 or 4, I gave up on them due to their notorious clogging issues.

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

I don’t see this deal any more. Have u seen it recently?

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Sorry, I’m afraid you are a few hours late. The $250 rebate was there last night at 11PM, but gone this morning at B&H - I’m assuming the sale went through the 31st. You might try calling them and see if they’d honor it. Lacking that, if you can wait a month or so, it’s likely they’ll start it up again - they do it regularly.

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

Thanks

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

In my personal experience, HP makes great OFFICE printers and pretty awful photo printers, unless you spend thousands for one of their high end wide format beasts.

Canon and Epson are the photo printer champs.

The Canon Pro 100 is probably the favorite photo printer of this forum. It is often available with a rebate and a free pack of paper, so take advantage of that deal!

Both brands want to give you the printer at cost, then extract all they can from you by selling ink. If you use third party inks, go for the professional solutions, not the stuff you buy at the strip mall refill center! The cheap stuff WILL ruin your printer.

Check out the Printers and Color Printing forum. https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-120-1.html It has lots of threads on all things printing, printers, color management, etc.

As an ex-lab guy, I have to tell you not to buy any photo printer unless you own a decent monitor and calibrate it and profile it with a hardware/software kit on a monthly basis. Without a calibrated and custom-profiled monitor, owning a photo printer of any type is a waste of money, chasing your tail trying to catch the right color in your prints. $150 to $200 for a cal kit seems like a lot, but you can QUICKLY spend that much on photo paper and ink without one. Results are STUNNINGLY ACCURATE with one. Even lab prints will look better if you adjust images with a calibrated and profiled monitor.

xptom Loc: Concord, CA

I would agree not to dismiss Canon's Pro 100 because of huge discounts. Excellent printer. Would buy another if and when my dies. When I worked in a camera store we once had an Epson sales rep "confess" with a straight face, "We don't sell printers, we sell paper and ink!"