Top 5 Photo Printers
Affordably print your digital photos on these best-of-breed photo printers. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
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Bottom Line: Very good print quality and fast printing make the iP5200R versatile. It has Wi-Fi, though no media card slots or LCD.
PC World Rating: 83 (Very Good)
- Performance Word Score: Superior
- B&W Pages per Min.: 30
- Color Pages per Min.: 24
- Max. B&W dpi: 600-by-600
- Max. Color dpi: 9600-by-2400
- Tray Capacity, pages: 150
- Price When Reviewed: $230
- Rated on: October 06, 2006
Bottom Line: The iP6700D boasts a big color LCD, two-sided printing, and nice photo output, but text quality and speed were average.
PC World Rating: 74 (Good)
- Performance Word Score: Fair
- B&W Pages per Min.: 18
- Color Pages per Min.: 17
- Max. B&W dpi: 9600 by 2400
- Max. Color dpi: 9600 by 2400
- Tray Capacity, pages: 300
- Price When Reviewed: $200
- Rated on: January 09, 2007
Bottom Line: Includes impressive software and plenty of buttons. But it employs multi-ink cartridges and the LCD is small.
PC World Rating: 86 (Very Good)
- Performance Word Score: Good
- B&W Pages per Min.: 30
- Color Pages per Min.: 24
- Max. B&W dpi: 1200-by-1200
- Max. Color dpi: 4800-by-1200
- Tray Capacity, pages: 100
- Price When Reviewed: $149
- Rated on: October 06, 2006
Bottom Line: Fast at printing photos, the 8250 offers extensive software, but photo print quality was lower than on the other models.
PC World Rating: 88 (Very Good)
- Performance Word Score: Very Good
- B&W Pages per Min.: 32
- Color Pages per Min.: 31
- Max. B&W dpi: 4800-by-1200
- Max. Color dpi: 4800-by-1200
- Tray Capacity, pages: 100
- Price When Reviewed: $199
- Rated on: October 06, 2006
Bottom Line: Photos suffer on plain paper, but shine on photo paper; photo-processing features are plentiful.
PC World Rating: 76 (Good)
- Performance Word Score: Good
- B&W Pages per Min.: 32
- Color Pages per Min.: 31
- Max. B&W dpi: 1200-by-1200
- Max. Color dpi: 4800-by-1200
- Tray Capacity, pages: 100
- Price When Reviewed: $150
- Rated on: October 19, 2007
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