Hi everyone,

over the years I printed some pictures from the home printer, of course I got only super cheap printers so the quality was what it was.
Now that i'm over with baseball, I have more time to dedicate to photography - I also feel the desire to print "in real time" some of the photos I take.
For the format, i will not go over the A4 (with white border inside or maybe not), and if i'll need to go over format i'll let my store to print for me.

So, i got some "Hamletic doubts" about "print at home":

1) In the "long period", maximum printing A4 \ matte paper (Color + B & W), could the expense be comparable to what I would spend going to print in a shop?

2) What printers "average band" offer good value "quality \ price"?

3) In the long run the prints made at home tend to degrade?

4) Average durability of the cartridges?

5) Forget everything and print to the store? but losing the chance to try different print at home (maybe saturating \ desaturate the colors, trying other processing in real time)

I spotted a bit of Epson printers (used them since 15 years ago and I had no problems with the brand) but i don't think the amazon reviews let you understand the true quality of a product!

thanks everyone!

Andrea