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Since the advent of photo-quality inkjet printing in the mid-1990sEpsonhas been the market leader. During the late 90's and early into the new century Epson has been prolific in introducing a broad range of high-quality photo printers. They also have been just about the only company to make available moderately priced wide-carriage (13" X19" print capable) photo printers, such as the1270/epson-stylus-photo-1280-review/1290  and their2000Ppigment ink model. CertainlyCanon,Lexmark,HPand several others also have had consumer-grade photographic printers on the market, but for several reasons, including the availability of its wide-carriage models, Epson has dominated this market s...

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