Digital Photography Now Printer Reviews

3-part series: Photo ink-jets laid bare

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Print comparison: Full frame reproduced for tone and colour comparison
 

Elizabeth. Photo shot with Olympus E-10, 28mm zoom setting (nearly full tele), f/2.8, 160th shutter speed, integral flash on to fill-in against evening sunlight from window. Auto settings on, with pattern metering mode, ISO 80

Lexmark Z43 (with photo inks)
Only one thing spoils this Z43 effort. Close inspection of the white highlight reveals distracting dots, spoiling an otherwise fine result.
 

Canon S800 Photo
The unanimous favourite in this batch. The colours are accurate, the result is natural - it looks alive.
 

Epson Stylus 895 Photo
This isn’t a bad result by any means. The print has a pleasing luminosity about it. However, the pink of pajamas is quite muted compared to the real thing. Sharpness is excellent, but the overall feeling is that the print is a bit washed out.
 

HP psc-950
Viewed on its own, this isn’t too bad at all. But compared to the rest, it looks poor. It’s too pink and too dark. The characteristic graininess of the three-colour Photoret III system copes poorly with the shadowy skin tone gradations. This print was unanimously voted the poorest of this bunch.

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