Hi, (not sure if this is where it should go......Also... contact me at my home addy, so's not to clog up list space!) First.... I have an HP computer, using XPHome, and a Canon i550 inkjet printer (has 3 separate color tanks, plus a black one) I have been trying to copy some old b/w photos. They tend to come out a kind of faded gray. I would like them to come out the way they print from the negatives. Setting it on b/w, is just too stark... you cannot see the details. I've about reached the conclusion that, that's what this printer is capable of. So, I am thinking about getting a photo printer. I'm not too interested in it doing color (my canon does a pretty good job of that)...Or doing digital. I've already got the prints. I just want to copy them. If I can get such a thing, this is what I would like it to be able to do: 1---nice, sharp black and whites. 2---prefer 3.5 x 5 inch pictures (both in the interest of "those are the ones that fit in my album" and that size prints 4 to a sheet of paper, easily) 3---reasonable cost 4---would like to either try it out, or see a b/w sample, so I'd know what it could do, **before** I buy it... The most important thing to me, is a nice, sharp b/w. I don't care for this "grayish" effect... the photos look "faded". I've been using a program that prints 4 3.5 x 5 inch on a single sheet of paper, so it doesn't waste any paper. If I could get one like I described above, I'd be willing to pay up to $300.00 for it. And, I want to know what the b/w prints are like, before I buy it. Thanks, much! NancyT
Hello Nancy: The issue may be the scanner? How do the prints look on your computer monitor? Canon and Epson are well known for their superior printers. But some of the better photos I've seen came from HP printers. Scanners are a whole world unto themselves! I own two that I use frequently, an HP (6300C and weights about 10# and takes up a lot of desk space) and a Canon (LiDE 80 / about 1" thick) that I put in my computer bag when I'm doing genealogy away from home. My next scanner will probably be a high end Epson. You are asking the right questions, but put the scanner in you list for review!! Cordially yours, Young Snodgrass, KC9OE Elkhart, Indiana young.snodgrass@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Tollefson" <mamat@gvtel.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:18 PM Subject: RE: printing photos > Hi, (not sure if this is where it should go......Also... contact me at my > home addy, > so's not to clog up list space!) > > First.... I have an HP computer, using XPHome, and a Canon i550 inkjet > printer (has 3 > separate color tanks, plus a black one) > > I have been trying to copy some old b/w photos. They tend to come out a > kind of > faded gray. I would like them to come out the way they print from the > negatives. > Setting it on b/w, is just too stark... you cannot see the details. > > I've about reached the conclusion that, that's what this printer is > capable of. > > So, I am thinking about getting a photo printer. I'm not too interested > in it doing > color (my canon does a pretty good job of that)...Or doing digital. I've > already got > the prints. I just want to copy them. > > If I can get such a thing, this is what I would like it to be able to do: > > 1---nice, sharp black and whites. > 2---prefer 3.5 x 5 inch pictures (both in the interest of "those are the > ones that > fit in my album" and that size prints 4 to a sheet of paper, easily) > 3---reasonable cost > 4---would like to either try it out, or see a b/w sample, so I'd know what > it could > do, **before** I > buy it... > > The most important thing to me, is a nice, sharp b/w. > > I don't care for this "grayish" effect... the photos look "faded". I've > been using a > program that prints 4 3.5 x 5 inch on a single sheet of paper, so it > doesn't waste > any paper. If I could get one like I described above, I'd be willing to > pay up to > $300.00 for it. And, I want to know what the b/w prints are like, before > I buy it. > > Thanks, much! > > NancyT > > ______________________________