I Want 6 Colors!

So I have had a really nice photo printer. It was an HP photosmart all-in-one. It did borderless photo printing, was a six-color system, had the slots for the memory cards, some in-system photo editing, designated photo tray. You know, the works.

Well it died. The printing quality started to go downhill. I did everything I could but it just wasn't as bright as it used to be. Then it stopped feeding the photo paper from the photo tray. No problem, I just printed from the main tray. Then it stopped feeding photo paper from that tray. I can still print on regular paper, but no photos. And most of my printing is photo printing. I'm a scrapbooker!

So I did all the self-cleaning I could with the printer's own functions. Then I did all the trouble-shooting and fixing I could do according to the HP help people. Then I did all the trouble-shooting and fixing I could do according to all the voices and people on the internet. It came down to needing some new parts and to get them and have them installed was going to cost me about $100. Well heck, I figured I might as well cost out some new printers.

So I did. And I was able to get a highly rated, 6-color photo printer with all the same capabilities as my old HP minus one thing. I can no longer fax. Oh darn.

So for $130, I have replaced the HP (it has served me well for 6 years now) with the Epson Artisan 730. Please don't say anything bad about it, because I'm very excited to have it. :)