Regarding ink, I find that I get equally good results on my Epson Stylus Photo when using OEM ink vs. el cheapo -- in conjunction with the right paper. The el c

Regarding ink, I find that I get equally good results on my Epson Stylus Photo when using OEM ink vs. el cheapo -- in conjunction with the right paper. The el cheapo ink does not work well with all paper. Through experimentation I've found a combination that does work well. The conclusion to this may be that print quality is at least as dependent on paper as on ink. On my Brother color laser, output quality has been highly dependent on toner quality. The one time I tried to use el cheapo toner, the results weren't simply "less good" but so bad as to be unusable. Statistically, of course, my two anecdotes do not constitute data. But it may be so some interest. (And as another poster said, Brother can be outsmarted with the "tape on the toner cartridge" trick)