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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On 2016-08-12, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> 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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In article <120820162152213396%henry@att.net>, <henry@att.net> wrote:

In article <e17jbgFj6icU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> 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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In article <e17jbgFj6icU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> 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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On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:43:45 -0400, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <e17jbgFj6icU1@mid.individual.net>):

<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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In article <130820161814101737%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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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On 2016-08-13, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:

In article <e17jbgFj6icU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> 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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In article <0001HW.D3D45281092B200FB01029BF@news.astraweb.com>, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:43:45 -0400, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <e17jbgFj6icU1@mid.individual.net>):

<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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