photo printer - this is NOT
Written: Aug 07 '03
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Pros: Price
Cons: Photo print quality is bad
The Bottom Line: If you are buying this for printing photos - DONT!!!!
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| omerfarooque's Full Review: Lexmark Jet P707 InkJet Photo Printer |
Well let me get the pleasentries out of the way
Easy to set up (fitting the cartridges was a little bit of a hassle, but the s/w was easy)
Price is an eye catcher
It had a image editing utility - that I havent used much - simply because even sample pictures are not anywhere near photo-lab print quality.
Now to the real reason I wanted to write this review.
I bought this printer after doing some research and finding that the better the resolution the more you can be sure that you will get in terms of quality of print.
I was wrong with this printer as the print quality for photos really sucks. The prints on Kodak premium and Ultima glossy photo paper have double (or more) edges, color gradients are not smooth, natural colors is where you can really see the difference between this printer and a photo-lab print.
I was a bit disappointed with the speed also
A best quality 4x6 print took about 13 minutes to print
A best quality letter print took roughly double (I lost patience after that) that time.
And if you want to take photo prints at normal quality - you are wasting your photo paper.
If you are deciding to buy a photo paper - Please see what the output is like before you actually go ahead and buy it. This printer made claims about being photo-lab quality prints and I have serious issues with this claim.
Also if you are buying online (as I did) please make sure you check the return policy of the website before you buy. I am having trouble returning this printer after I bought it from buy.com as their return policy indicates that I can only exchange it for the same item. So I am really left without a choice besides living with this printer (probably will sell it on ebay soon if I cant return it).
One big mistake I did was to take a chance with this printer even when it didnt have a single review anywhere - Dont make that mistake - let someone else try it out and then decide.
Later
Omer
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 90
Operating System: Windows
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