Bill,


Here are questions I would ponder if I had 700 bucks toput into a newprinter,


1) Computer; PC or Mac?


2) Digital Workflow; sRGB or Adobe Color?Are you using color management?


3) Applications that your're printing from; DPP, CS3/CS4, etc.?


4) What size output are you looking for; 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 13x19, etc?


5) Do you care about "superb" black and white photos or were the ones from your MP960 good enough?


6) Do you care about print media? i.e fine art papers, etc.or just glossy photo?


7)Operational costs; Ink usage and price. How much does this matter?


8) Archival quality; Do you need the printsto last for 100s of years? LOL


I'm sure there are more things to consider. If anyones see something in the list that I'm missing please add it.


FYI, I currently use a HP D7560 four color inkjet. I like HP advanced photo paper and the fact that I can purchase XL cartridges because of the 19" sister model the B8550. I use it for wall art for my favs and proofing stuff I send off to have commercially printed. The blue, like the 7360 "02" 6 cartridge series, is a little over the top but for the most part the prints are very vibrant, smooth gradient, and sharp detailed. Compared to commercial Ritz, I like the HP output better. I also love the convienence of the readily available 4x6 advanced paper and print kits as well as 5x7 adv.paper. Staples runs a three dollar return cartridge credit that keeps my cost to under 20 cents/4x6 print. The only downside for some is that beyond sRGB and Adobe1998 the driver does not accept ICC profiles. This matters not to me.


For what your spending I'd be looking at an HP 9180Bbut that's me. I'm a PC running sRGB!! []


My8Abes,


Chuck