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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 12 14:22:04 2016
    My very old Epsonstylus Photo R260 printer is showing signs of its age
    (a little louder grinding sound), and I'm looking to replace it and I'm currently leaning towards the Epson Artisan 1430 Inkjet Printer.

    My main needs are in printing photographs and CDs & DVDs.

    I would be interested in anyone having experience with this model or
    any other wide format inkjet printer.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Aug 13 03:43:45 2016
    On 2016-08-12, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:

    My very old Epsonstylus Photo R260 printer is showing signs of its age
    (a little louder grinding sound), and I'm looking to replace it and I'm currently leaning towards the Epson Artisan 1430 Inkjet Printer.

    My main needs are in printing photographs and CDs & DVDs.

    I would be interested in anyone having experience with this model or
    any other wide format inkjet printer.

    As wide format ink jet photo printers go, we love our Canon ix6520:

    <https://www.amazon.com/Canon-iX6520-Inkjet-Printer-4895B002/dp/B004HO58VQ>

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Aug 13 18:14:10 2016
    In article <120820162152213396%[email protected]>, <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

    As wide format ink jet photo printers go, we love our Canon ix6520:

    <https://www.amazon.com/Canon-iX6520-Inkjet-Printer-4895B002/dp/B004HO58VQ>

    Thanks for the response and the link, but it doesn't seem to be able to
    print CDs and DVDs.

    Unfortunately CD / DVD printers are becoming rarer as fewer and fewer
    people use discs. :-(

    One option is to print disc labels which you then stick on the disc,
    but the process for doing it is often a bit clumsy, time consuming, and
    not particularly satisfactory for slot-loading devices rather than
    those with a tray.

    A workaround for printers which have a "straight through" paper path
    option is to simply stick the disc to a piece of paper, but again
    that's a clumsy and time consuming way of doing it.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Aug 12 21:52:21 2016
    In article <[email protected]>, Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

    As wide format ink jet photo printers go, we love our Canon ix6520:

    <https://www.amazon.com/Canon-iX6520-Inkjet-Printer-4895B002/dp/B004HO58VQ>

    Thanks for the response and the link, but it doesn't seem to be able to
    print CDs and DVDs.

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  • From Nelson@21:1/5 to Jolly Roger on Sat Aug 13 04:28:49 2016
    On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:43:45 -0400, Jolly Roger wrote
    (in article <[email protected]>):

    <https://www.amazon.com/Canon-iX6520-Inkjet-Printer-4895B002/dp/B004HO58VQ>

    Interesting. I didn't know they still made wide format printers. I
    still have a wide Imagewriter and a box of wide, perforated, sprocket
    feed computer paper for it. Then again, I still have boxes and boxes of
    5 1/4 floppies.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Aug 13 02:26:56 2016
    In article <130820161814101737%[email protected]>, Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:


    A workaround for printers which have a "straight through" paper path
    option is to simply stick the disc to a piece of paper, but again
    that's a clumsy and time consuming way of doing it.

    very bad idea

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Aug 13 15:07:54 2016
    On 2016-08-13, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Jolly Roger
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    As wide format ink jet photo printers go, we love our Canon ix6520:

    <https://www.amazon.com/Canon-iX6520-Inkjet-Printer-4895B002/dp/B004HO58VQ>

    Thanks for the response and the link, but it doesn't seem to be able to
    print CDs and DVDs.

    That doesn't bother me since I stopped archiving stuff on CD/DVD long
    ago. It's far more convenient and economical to place my archives on
    hard drives. For photo printing (its primary purpose) it is a very good
    ink jet printer, IMHO.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Aug 14 10:44:22 2016
    In article <[email protected]>, Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:43:45 -0400, Jolly Roger wrote
    (in article <[email protected]>):

    <https://www.amazon.com/Canon-iX6520-Inkjet-Printer-4895B002/dp/B004HO58VQ>

    Interesting. I didn't know they still made wide format printers. I
    still have a wide Imagewriter and a box of wide, perforated, sprocket
    feed computer paper for it. Then again, I still have boxes and boxes of
    5 1/4 floppies.

    There are a lot of things they still make, but you won't find in
    regular shops because they are now niche products.

    I think they still make dot matrix printers (still needed for places
    that require carbonated paper prints for duplicates - cheaper than
    printing multiple copies).

    They certainly only stopped making video tape VCR machines last a
    couple of weeks ago.

    For a while it was difficult to find vinyl record players, but they've
    made something of a comeback and are in all the regular electronics
    stores here in New Zealand.

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