If you have a digital camera, a great photo printer will eliminate the middle man when it comes to getting wonderful photo prints for albums, to share with families or to frame and display. You want to be sure to choose a printer that is suited for photo printing, and will produce dazzling print-outs.
1. Epson Stylus Photo R800 Inkjet Printer
Get amazing borderless prints, with up to 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi printouts. This printer separates the colors and blacks into eight separate cartridges, which makes it nice for photo printing. (One-color-cartridge systems can be a nuisance when you're printing lots of color.) A cool extra: this printer can print directly onto inkjet printable DVDs and CDs.
2. Canon PIXMA iP4000 Inkjet Photo Printer
You can produce a great print with up to 4,800 x 1,200 dpi color on this model. The printer is also PictBridge compatible, so you can probably direct print from many digital cameras. A nice bonus is that it has built-in two-sided printing, which is handy when you're also printing documents. The below-$100 pricetag also makes this a fine choice if you want a budget printer.3. HP (Hewlett-Packard) Photosmart 8450 Inkjet Printer
The outstanding printouts are the real reason to choose this printer. It also has some wonderful bells and whistles, though, too. You can print directly from memory cards or PictBridge-enabled cameras, eliminating the need to involve your computer. There is a great 2.5-inch LCD screen for previews. It also features in ethernet port for east networking.4. Kodak Professional 1400 Photo Color Dye Sublimation Printer
For true-to-life, studio-quality photo prints, invest in this fab professional-level printer. Although it can cost around $500, you can deliver outstanding 8x10 prints in 1.5 minutes. Photos are sealed with an archiving laminate to protect the prints.5. Olympus P-440 Digital Photo Printer
This is a higher-end digital photo printer producing high-resolution printouts. A great extra: you can set it to print a page of passport photos. It has a nice 1.8-inch color LCD screen.