run up to Office Max and pay $1.99 for a 11x17 print...laser, so there's no dither, blows ANY inkjet right out of the water. But if you do a lot of printing...then this kinda gets expensive. I work there so its a pretty good deal for me. But as far as printers go, I'd recommend HP. It doesn't do the nifty print to the edge like the epsons do, but the cartridges last longer and the resolution on their Photo RetIII system is much higher (2400x1200. check out the 1220 model) They run about $500 US, but well worth it. They also make a true professional series (not sure about the model number) but it uses their really high capacity cartridges, but once again the print head is part of the printer, but it is replaceable. I have an HP 810c which works fine for now...looking to upgrade in the future to a 4050 color laser...but a littly pricey now! Well, there's some options, hope that helped. Jared