Printer advice needed

I am about to upgrade to iPhoto 6.
I have been using a Canon i850 which initially produced some great photos. However, recently it has started to create lines across the width (the direction that the print heads move) of the prints. The effect it to make the print look as though it's printed on laid paper.
I have always used Canon paper and ink. Cleaning the print heads and realigning has not made a difference. I can only think that the printer's mechanism that moves the paper through the machine is slightly faulty and therefore needs to be replaced. Not a major deal - the printer is over 3 years old and wasn't too expensive.
Which leads me to my question:
Just which printer would you folk recommend? They seem so cheap these days that I find it hard to understand how a printer for approx £150 can produce such good results, even though I know they can! Of course the manufacturers get more money off you when you buy your inks (I wouldn't use generic inks for photos).
I like Canon as Apple seems to like them, but historically I have found it more difficult to find shops that stock a decent selection of Canon paper. Happy to search oout the paper if a Canon printer is the way forward though. Oh, and ideally I'd like to be able to print onto CDs/DVDs. Supposedly I shouldn't have to pay more than £100-£150.
Many thanks in advance

TWH3:
I got an Epson R200 for printing on CD/DVDs and couldn't be happier. It also put out better photos than my Canon i850. I understand Canon makes a printer available in Europe that will print CD/DVDs. I don't think you can go wrong eith either a Canon or Epson with the CD/DVD capabilities. The Epson printer with R in the model designation are those that will print on disks. Also I'd recommend picking one with 5 or 6 ink cartridges over those with just 3 color and black.
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Following on from Steve's advice I would probably not bring the unwanted channels all the way down on the faders, either in a live mix or if mixing subsequently in Audition, as it may change the background acoustic too much. Leaving a bit of the background mics faded up a bit helps to pull the whole recording together and also means you have a better chance of getting all the faders back up in time for when they are needed without missing anything.
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I'm fairly new to digital SLR photography (hobbyist
only)...but have had a variety of non-SLR digital
cameras over the years.
First, welcome to digital SLR photography.
I shoot in raw and jpeg, maybe about 100 shots when I
go out (landscape and general outdoor shots mainly,
some wildlife). After I have deleted the stinkers,
I'm usually left with 30-50 decent shots that I
keep...my iPhoto library has about 1000 images that I
like, and I'm assuming that Aperture wouldn't have
performance issues with a library of that size, on my
hardware.
You shouldn't have any performance problems with a library this size.
From the library, I create web galleries, print out
to A3 (max...usually 8"x6", some A4) and create photo
slideshows on DVD/CD media.
I've been using a mixture of iPhoto, Photoshop
Elements 3, and Photoshop CS.
Sounds pretty standard so far (except for using both Elements and CS).
iPhoto for photo import and organisation ; Photoshop
Elements 3 for raw image manipulation, and minor
tweaks ; Photoshop CS for the bulk of image
processing. (The raw images produced by my camera, a
Nikon D50, are not supported with the Camera raw
plugin for Photoshop CS.)
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Having to utilise 3 separate programs does grate
after a while...and ideally, I would like to use a
single program.
Keeping in mind that Aperture was never meant to be a replacement for either Elements or Photoshop. It does offer some correction capabilities, but more along the lines of Adobe Camera Raw (though not as full featured.) Also, there have been a number of posts here where people have noted that the adjustments that they are making in Aperture aren't as good as with ACR. I can't see any difference on my system using my D2X files.
Aperture sounded ideal, but the £350 price is a
little steep for a program that I may end up using as
"iPhoto-on-steroids".
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An alternative would be to upgrade to Adobe Photoshop
CS2...although I'm not sure whether my software would
meet the upgrade criteria...my copy of Photoshop CS
was purchased via eBay (authentic CD, box and
manuals), but the serial number, I later found out
after purchase, has been distributed on P2P
networks.
This, I can't help you with.
The combination of Adobe Bridge, the raw manipulation
and editing features would mean, similar to Aperture,
potentially a single program to cover all my needs.
As I noted, I have CS2. I still use Bridge and ACR. In fact, prior to getting Aperture, Bridge was the answer to my organizational prayers, letting me easily sort through shots from a shoot to get the few I really wanted to keep. To me, adding Bridge and upgrading ACR in CS2 was worth the upgrade cost of the program.
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1.Purchase Aperture for £350, which may be unsuitable
(overkill) for my use (although I'm sure that over
time I would use its features more and more)
True. But, you need to determine if it is for you now.
2. Risk paying £150 for a Photoshop CS2 upgrade that
may baulk at my dubious serial number for the
"original" Photoshop CS.
Again, I can't help you here.
3. Keep with my current software workflow...but
dropping Photoshop CS, as my conscience is shouting
fairly loudly. I'd miss the curves feature, and be
out of pocket to the tune of £125...but that's my
fault for not assuming the eBay offer was too good to
be true...
Your call.
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Maybe someone else has one to offer.
Good luck.
Jeff Weinberg

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