Need recommendation for a printer

"... I have yet to see a better printer out there. "  ==>  Then why not just buy another one (or more)?

While no longer available new, there are several available through Amazon in very good condition:   http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004Y7KO/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used


If you want a new printer, there are several dye sub units available through B&H photo.   This one does 4x6 and 5x7, but not 8x10:  http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615086-REG/HiTi_Hi_Touch_Imaging_Tech_88_D0935_00A_P510S_6_Dye.html

... and this one also does 8x10:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/770288-REG/Dnp_DS80_DS80_Professional_Portrait_Photo.html

Thank you
The Olympus doesn't have drivers for win7. I'm not building an XP box just for this and Microsoft virtual PC (WinXP) won't see the printer so all I can do is use VMWare.

I should have made it clear in my original post that I'm interested in people who actually have used a particular printer, not just locate one online as I can do that. Several years ago I bought an Olympus due sub printer for 3x5 and 4 x6. I thought it was a home run being it was an Olympus and due sub but the prints were awful. That's why I want a recommendation from someone who has used the hardware. Thank you

That s my plan, but Im also looking for a smaller printer as the Loympus costs about $2 per sheet and if I need some smaller prints, its a waste

Sorry it took so long to address this question but I wanted to try VMplayer (VMware) and load Win XP Pro on my Win 7 64 Pro desktop. I finally got that done and after almost giving up trying to get the Olympus printer to work in that environment, I discovered that you cannot use a Parallel port in a VM environment (at least I can't!) but fortunately the Olympus also connects as a USB and I wass able to set up a virtual USB port and make a successful print!

The website suggested by Callandor looks awesome as well. Thank you both for great suggestions.

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I would greatly appreciate a comment from garycase as to how to "use a shared folder that's "always enabled" in the VMWare settings ". Thank you

Please see my last coment

In VMWare Player select the Virtual Machine you want to enabled shared folders for (possibly your only VM in this case);  click on Edit Virtual Machine Settings;  click on the Options tab;  select Shared Folders => and check the box for Always Enabled.    This is also where you select which folder on the host is shared.