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Solutions for smaller prints?

2014-02-16 by Sanders McNew

Forgive another elementary question:  

What are the better options for making smaller B+W prints, no larger than 8.5 x 11 inches, and more likely from 3x3 to 5x5 inches?  Is there a reliable small-carriage printer that does the job?  Any that makes decent prints from OEM inksets?  I remember when I was active on the list 10 years ago that there was an inexpensive Epson printer that Paul Roark (I think) had fitted with a B+W inkset, that did good work, but the printer itself was rather dodgy.  

My wife (also a photographer) shoots in color and B+W, so I might not have the ability to use a B+W inkset for the printer.  Or maybe we could get a big machine and run it with OEM inks, and I could get a small printer and dedicate it to B+W printing.

It seems like a waste to spend a thousand bucks on a big printer from Epson or Canon when we're rarely going to be printing larger sizes.  

Thoughts?

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