Colour Laser Printer?

[bertJ]

Both my very old Canon LBP 660 Laser printer and Epson Ink Jet Color 680 are on their last legs. I'm thinking of dumping both printers and replacing them with a colour laser now that they've come down in price so much. However I do print quite a few photos on the ink jet. Has anyone got experience of using a colour laser for photo printing? Can I expect reasonable results or would I be better off buying a new B/W laser printer and Ink Jet? I'd appreciate any comments.

I have seen photos done on 1200 dpi colour lasers and they are good.

[MovedGoalPosts]

At work we use Phaser colour printers. http://www.office.xerox.com/perl-bin...l?product=8400

Perhaps a little over the top for home users, unless you really are doing a lot of colour work. Unlike a laser it uses solid ink (does seem to get through a bit of the stuff too), but it produces a glossy print finish which makes colour photos look good even on standard photocopier type paper. Use a better paper and the quality is great, even off basic digital cameras.

Having said that for home I have a simple HP deskjet and again, if I use a good quality paper that does things quite well. Realistically the quality of Ink jets has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years.

I suspect the biggest issue with any printer must be the price of it's consumables, and how often you have to replace them. That and time of whether your prepared to wait for the quality print to processed.

Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts

Perhaps a little over the top for home users, unless you really are doing a lot of colour work. Unlike a laser it uses solid ink (does seem to get through a bit of the stuff too), but it produces a glossy print finish which makes colour photos look good even on standard photocopier type paper. Use a better paper and the quality is great, even off basic digital cameras.

I have one of these at home (an older 8200 model, 600dpi) but even this does reasonable photos - I have seen the results from the newer 1200dpi models and they are great (and totally waterproof as well ).