Epson - EcoTank L355 (C11CC86201, C11CC86412)

https://amzn.eu/d/7w2s2zo This would be my choice ,costs pennies to run , I have the epsonL355 over 7 years and its still printing well , Just make sure and print a colour test once a week to keep the printheads from drying and you are sorted

Epson ecotank with 4 dye ink (you can see if the model has 4 dye ink by looking at the tanks if they all have the same size). Canon G5XX/G6XX Series. They use 6 INK, with extra Red and Gray. It's ink is more expensive but it's a almost pro level ink for photography that has great lightfastness. But with this printer you will not want to print a lot of documents/non photo because of it's ink price (check for the price if you think it's acceptable). But the ink price is not an extortion, it's just the quality itself.

Epson PM-400 prints multiple sizes up to 5x7. The print app is easy to use. Ink cartridge is an all in one and cost about $35 for 100 prints which is the average number of prints per cartridge. It prints on anything that will work in an ink jet. It's a great portable small printer and I have one for crops. At home I use an Epson Eco Tank. I've had it 4 years this Christmas and have only bought ink refills once. I print all my pictures at home. It is an all in one print/copy/scan. Photos are excellent quality and resolution. It doesn't print bigger than 8.5x11.

I've also noticed my canon g7020 prints better pictures then Epson ECOTANK I also noticed the canon G7020 sits better not printing for 1 week at a time vs the Epson I also noticed my canon has no expiration on the ink. But the Epson is like 2-3 years.

Ecotank is garbage for photo prints

I have an ecotank for printing documents. They are not well suited for making photographic prints

I have Epson eco tank, but it doesn’t print in “high quality “ as you describe. I’d suggest printing your things somewhere like FedEx, they have great prices for their quality

Epson EcoTank (ET) printers are the way to go. The teacher will really, really, really appreciate the very inexpensive cost per page because the ink is so inexpensive.

I have an epson eco tank that I use for an entire line of prints that have quite dark colors. I really like it! That said, I have to do a little bit of tweaking pre-print so they don’t turn out *too* dark and lose their contrast. I usually raise the brightness by anywhere from 20-50% and they do just fine.

For about the same cost as a mini printer, you could get something like an Epson Ecotank, and then you have your choice of photo paper, which means you can also choose the finish, thickness, quality, etc. And a pack of 8.5x11 photo paper is MUCH cheaper than the cartridges or mini papers that go into the mini printers. It gives you the flexibility to make the pictures as big or as small as you want, and you just have to cut them out. For example my junk journal is about 5.5"x8.5", and I can turn photos into full-page backgrounds, or use one photo to make a full 8.5"x11" spread across 2 pages. Or I can print 2, 4 6, 8, 12, etc photos per page, and cut them. You can also get full sheet sticker paper to print onto, and make your own stickers, or print photos onto it. Epson has a utility that's basically drag-and-drop for photos, it's super easy to use. And they also have an app to print from your phone. I'm talking a lot about Epson because it's what I have, but I would guess that most modern printers have similar functionality.

I love my epson eco tank. There's a lot of models but I got one in the $130 range and its printed tons of stuff with the ink bottles that come with the printer :) but paper really does make the difference in photo printing. Premium glossy, premium semi gloss and premium matte all look great 👍🏻

Wish I saw this comment before I bought my Epson. Reds are brown, everything is a bit muddy, such a disappointment. I saw you switched to matte photo paper, is that really a big improvement?

Epson Eco-Tank. The ink is practically free.

The eco tank from Epson. I haven’t had to refill my ink in a long time. I came from a cannon printer where I was constantly changing the ink.

I have the Epson Eco tank. Up front cost is high, but I am not buying a set of cartridges every few months.

I bought an Epson eco tank, and it’s been great for printing photos.

I have left an Eco tank printer in air-conditioned storage for a year, 3x. I had to run the head cleaning process multiple times but it functions fine after that. I prefer the brother super cartridge printers over the Epson eco-tank. They print faster and seem to have better color accuracy. Both should work well for photos. In my experience, glossy prints will always smudge. Use satin or matte paper. Canon has also released a similar lineup that I’ve not tried.

I have had good success with matte and the brother MFC-6555DW. I found the Epson ecotank colors were a little off.

I looooove my eco tank. It was costing me over $60 a month in ink for my HP to print labels for my small business. I havnt had to even reload the black ink in over a year on my eco tank.

There are a ton of different ways to print photos with a even more tradeoffs and pitfalls. My recommendation is to get an epson ecotank printer and start there. They are a little more expensive upfront than an hp or whatever the cheapest inkjets are, but the ink and consumable cost per page is way less. As long as you use nice paper the color and contrast is very good. Prints should last 30+ years, longer than that and you need to use pigment based inks(and archival paper).

Epson EcoTank. I've had one since 2020 and the output is fantastic.