Wow. Now that I am actually doing some professional photo stuff, (in that I’m getting paid!), I bought a very high-quatlity
Canon Pixma Pro9000> It does a marvelous job, as it has 8 separate ink colors (which are really dyes).
I am also experimenting with different photo papers - Oh. My. God. (to quote Rachel Lucas). There is a huge, huge difference in the quality of the color from one type of paper to another.
For the truest colors, you gotta pay more for a professional quality paper.
I will need to test more brands, methinks, to decide what is best for what purpose! I will tell you, photo paper with a price of $15 or so for 100 pages will sorely disappoint you!
Though it might be okay for other applications - maybe calendars?