[Geoff F]

If you are thinking about printing reasonable numbers of A4 or bigger images then getting your own decent quality printer is worth thinking about. It was those 'enhanced' prints from local developers that originally persuaded me to go digital. Now I am in total control of my printing.

I had been using an A4 Epson R800, quality not too bad but can suffer from ink clogs although easy to clean. But when that finally went to 'silicon heaven' I wanted to go upto A3 so I bought a Canon 9000. But we are up to the price of an average camera now! Yes, I couldn't afford or justify the cost, but finally thought 'I'm not getting any younger, so why not splash out on this instead of a holiday'.

If you do go down the home printing road, remember to only use top quality paper. I have tried 3rd party ink but found that it didn't give quite so accurate colours, although it worked fine for average printing. But that is probably a discussion for another day.