Epson Stylus Photo R285

Having had a Canon iP6600D i decided to go for a different brand this time to try and take advantage of the CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System) to help reduce ink costs. ---Costs--- I purchased this from the site inkexpress.co.uk with the CISS for just £81 (10% member discount by signing up for free), but it's available at Oyyy.co.uk for just £59.29 an absolute bargain for this printer! The printer runs a 6 tank supply with each official cartridge looking to cost you around £6 which isn't bad for ink of this high quality (Claria photographic ink) --- Setup --- Couldn't be easier, one single power supply cable and a ...  Read the complete review

As far as middle of the price range printers go, you can't do better than the Epson R285. It is billed as a photo printer but it is so much more than that. Features obviously include the ability to print your photographs, at the various standard sizes, but it also allows borderless printing which means that it can do photographs and prints up to A4 without a white border round the edge. The iks supplied are excellent quality and the printer itself has lots of compatibility with much cheaper inks available out there. This printer also connects to any computer with USB ports to allow document printing aswell as photo printing. This has come in handy for my personalised ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this printer for the kids to do homework, but have used it more for myself. The print quality is exceptional. i.e better than a lot of those photo booths you find in Boots etc. You can print to the very edge of all paper sizes upto A4. For this level of print quality at under £100 is great value for money. I found the Claria ink pack for under £40 including delivery. This is for 6 ink cartridges, so under £7 per colour. I prefer to use seperate colours as you only have to replace the colour used rather than an entire combined colour cartridge. As with all photo printers the best results come with using the best photo paper, and amazingly this ...  Read the complete review