Ah, the joys of covering an A3 sheet with expensive ink then realising that it doesn't look at all like it did on the computer screen... .

I used to have a Canon printer until it wore out. Perfectly good at doing what I wanted. Looked for the current version of it, but Covid was rampant so hardly any around and none for sensible money. Hence getting the Epson XP-55.

Steve

Third party - most of what's printed is non-photographic and done by my wife so no need to go for perfect colour reproduction and 100 year colour stability! However, the printer comes with a set of cartridge caps so you can swap expensive and cheap cartridges back and forth depending on what you want to print. To be honest, though, I've not done that (yet...) because cheap, 3rd party cartridges are OK for my photographic needs. But I don't enter competitions or put prints on a wall in bright sunlight or harbour any illusions that anyone will want to see my photos in 50 years time .

Steve

Nice! I can almost smell it from here...

Steve

Epson Expression Photo XP-55. About £120. Just an A4 printer, doesn't copy, fax or make the coffee. Got it when I had to replace a printer while there were still shortages due to Covid, so not much choice particularly if you wanted just a printer without added gizmos and didn't want to break the bank. However it hasn't disappointed. It uses the usual small ink cartidges, though, not bigger bottles so it's a trade-off between cost of printer and cost of ink. Which way to go depends on your expected usage.

Steve

We're a friendly bunch - and can even be helpful sometimes .

Steve

The K5 manual (search for it online if you don't have it) says Storage Medium: SD/SDHC. The 64GB card you link to is marked SDXC, the 32GB card is marked SDHC. Unless you (or anyone else) can confirm that that SDXC cards are supported (perhaps added via a firmware update?) it would seem wise to stick to SDHC cards. SDHC cards are limited to 32GB.

There are lots of websites giving suggestions for how to spot a fake San Disk SD card - easy to find by searching for it.

Steve

So now your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to fill the card with interesting photos as quickly as possible - and to post some on this forum. Enjoy!

Steve

Apart from increased capacity (and 8GB is pretty small compared with what's sold today), in what way do you think your current card needs to be better?

Steve

Dark matter. It hangs around with dark energy. Makes the vehicle heavier so needs more fuel to shift it.

Steve

They must use dark energy - it powers the universe.

Steve