Best photo printer under $400?

I'm looking for a high quality but relatively inexpensive photo printer. I want to display my high school photography students' photos in the main hallway cabinet of our administration building. The printers we have on campus are not up to par, and I don't have the time to constantly make runs to Costco for prints. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally an inkjet with bluetooth and ethernet capabilities, but I'm open to suggestions! Thanks Apple Fam!

I have the Canon PIXMA (MX922) and have found it to work wonderfully! It prints beautiful pictures at an extremely high quality. It has many advanced features that work well. It also supports AirPrint but is capable of wireless or ethernet printing. Overall a great quality machine that I would highly recommend.

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